Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 25, sentence 1

In this particular case we may be doubtful; but in others, again--as the incident of the rat's tail up nose (see Notes on _The Charmed Ring_)--there can be little doubt of the Indian origin.

Who acts: we, you · What happens: be, see, charm · To what, where: particular case, Notes, Charmed Ring, doubtful little doubt

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 case	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 case	det
3	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 case	amod
4	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doubtful	obl
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 doubtful	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 doubtful	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 doubtful	cop
8	doubtful	doubtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 doubt	amod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 again	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 again	cc
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 others	case
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 again	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 others	punct
14	again	again	ADV	_	8 doubtful	advmod
15	--	--	PUNCT	_	18 incident	punct
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 incident	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 incident	det
18	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doubtful	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	23 tail	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 rat	det
21	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 tail	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 rat	case
23	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 incident	nmod
24	up	up	ADP	_	18 incident	compound:prt
25	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 incident	conj
26	(	(	PUNCT	_	27 see	punct
27	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 doubtful	parataxis
28	Notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 see	obj
29	on	on	ADP	_	33 Ring	case
30	_	_	PUNCT	_	29 on	punct
31	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Ring	det
32	Charmed	charm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 Ring	amod
33	Ring	Ring	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 see	obl
34	_	_	PUNCT	_	27 see	punct
35	)	)	PUNCT	_	27 see	punct
36	--	--	PUNCT	_	39 be	punct
37	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	39 be	expl
38	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 be	aux
39	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	41 doubt	cop
40	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 doubt	amod
41	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
42	of	of	ADP	_	45 origin	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 origin	det
44	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 origin	amod
45	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 doubt	nmod
46	.	.	PUNCT	_	41 doubt	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	may	we		this particular case	again	doubtful property	tree rules
2	see	infinitive		Notes	the Charmed Ring			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus
3	charm	participle						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a	imperative	you not said here	doubtful little doubt			of the Indian origin	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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