Indian Fairy Tales, IV. Punchkin., sentence 14
But the most cursory examination of the sets of tales containing these incidents in Mr. Frazer's analyses shows that many, indeed the majority, of these tales cannot be independent of one another; for they contain not alone the incident of an external materialised soul, but the further point that this is contained in something else, which is enclosed in another thing, which is again surrounded by a wrapper.
Who acts: tales, cursory examination, further point, wrapper, Frazer · What happens: contain, show, not be, not contain, materialise, enclose · To what, where: incidents, analyses, majority, incident, this, something
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, IV. Punchkin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tales, cursory examination, further point, wrapper), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 shows | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 examination | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 cursory | advmod |
| 4 | cursory | cursory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 examination | amod |
| 5 | examination | examination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 shows | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sets | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sets | det |
| 8 | sets | set | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 examination | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 tales | case |
| 10 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sets | nmod |
| 11 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 tales | acl |
| 12 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 13 incidents | det |
| 13 | incidents | incident | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 containing | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 analyses | case |
| 15 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Frazer | nmod:desc |
| 16 | Frazer | Frazer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 analyses | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 Frazer | case |
| 18 | analyses | analysis | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 containing | obl |
| 19 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | that | that | ADP | _ | 21 many | case |
| 21 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 shows | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 majority | punct |
| 23 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 25 majority | advmod |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 majority | det |
| 25 | majority | majority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 shows | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 tales | punct |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 tales | case |
| 28 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 29 tales | det |
| 29 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 independent | nsubj |
| 30 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 independent | aux |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 independent | advmod |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 independent | cop |
| 33 | independent | independent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 majority | acl:relcl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 one | case |
| 35 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 independent | obl |
| 36 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 35 one | fixed |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 contain | punct |
| 38 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 contain | mark |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 contain | nsubj |
| 40 | contain | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 shows | conj |
| 41 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 contain | advmod |
| 42 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 40 contain | advmod |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 incident | det |
| 44 | incident | incident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 contain | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 soul | case |
| 46 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 soul | det |
| 47 | external | external | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 soul | amod |
| 48 | materialised | materialise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 soul | amod |
| 49 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 incident | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 point | punct |
| 51 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 point | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 point | det |
| 53 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 point | amod |
| 54 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 shows | parataxis |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 contained | mark |
| 56 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 58 contained | nsubj:pass |
| 57 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 contained | aux:pass |
| 58 | contained | contain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 point | acl |
| 59 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 something | case |
| 60 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 58 contained | obl |
| 61 | else | else | ADV | _ | 60 something | advmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 enclosed | punct |
| 63 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 65 enclosed | nsubj:pass |
| 64 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 enclosed | aux:pass |
| 65 | enclosed | enclose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 60 something | acl |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 thing | case |
| 67 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 68 thing | det |
| 68 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 enclosed | obl |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 surrounded | punct |
| 70 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 73 surrounded | nsubj:pass |
| 71 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 73 surrounded | aux:pass |
| 72 | again | again | ADV | _ | 73 surrounded | advmod |
| 73 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 68 thing | acl |
| 74 | by | by | ADP | _ | 76 wrapper | case |
| 75 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 76 wrapper | det |
| 76 | wrapper | wrapper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 shows | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | gerund | tales not said here | this incidents | Frazer Mr.'s analyses | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent incident=Value in analysis=Location | |||
| 2 | show | present | the cursory examination of the sets of tales | that many | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not is | can | this tales | the majority not said here | of one; independent property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | not contain | present | tales = tale | the incident of a external materialised soul | alone property | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot incident=Theme | |||
| 5 | materialise | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | contain | present · passive | the further point not said here | this | something | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in something=Location | |||
| 7 | enclose | present · passive | another thing | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | |||||
| 8 | surround | present · passive | a wrapper | another thing | again | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | |||
| 9 | examine | the sets of tales | nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | analyze | Frazer Mr. | nom analysis «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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