Indian Fairy Tales, II. Princess Labam., sentence 6
_--The tabu, as to a particular direction, occurs in other Indian stories as well as in European folk-tales (see notes on Stokes, p. 286).
Who acts: European folk tales · What happens: occur, see · To what, where: other Indian stories, notes, Stokes
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, II. Princess Labam.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (European folk tales), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 4 tabu | punct |
| 2 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 4 tabu | punct |
| 3 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tabu | det |
| 4 | tabu | tabu | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 direction | punct |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 10 direction | case |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 as | fixed |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 direction | det |
| 9 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 direction | amod |
| 10 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tabu | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 occurs | punct |
| 12 | occurs | occur | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tabu | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 stories | case |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 stories | amod |
| 15 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 stories | amod |
| 16 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 occurs | obl |
| 17 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 12 occurs | advmod |
| 18 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 as | fixed |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 as | fixed |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 tales | case |
| 21 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 tales | amod |
| 22 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 tales | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 folk | punct |
| 24 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 as | obl |
| 25 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 26 see | punct |
| 26 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 tales | acl |
| 27 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 see | obj |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 Stokes | case |
| 29 | Stokes | Stokes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 notes | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 p. | punct |
| 31 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Stokes | conj |
| 32 | 286 | 286 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 31 p. | flat |
| 33 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 26 see | punct |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 tabu | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occur | present | other Indian stories | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in story=Location | |||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | European folk tales not said here | notes | Stokes and p. | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus |
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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