Indian Fairy Tales, IV. Punchkin., sentence 8
The external soul of the ogre has been studied by Mr. E. Clodd in _Folk-Lore Journal_, vol. ii., "The Philosophy of Punchkin," and still more elaborately in the section, "The External Soul in Folk-tales," in Mr. Frazer's _Golden Bough_, ii. pp.
Who acts: E. · What happens: study · To what, where: external soul, Folk
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 (E.), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 soul | det |
| 2 | external | external | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 soul | amod |
| 3 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 studied | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 ogre | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ogre | det |
| 6 | ogre | ogre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 soul | nmod |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 studied | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 studied | aux:pass |
| 9 | studied | study | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 E. | case |
| 11 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 E. | nmod:desc |
| 12 | E. | E. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 studied | obl:agent |
| 13 | Clodd | Clodd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 E. | flat |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 Folk | case |
| 15 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 16 Folk | punct |
| 16 | Folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 studied | obl |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 Lore | punct |
| 18 | Lore | Lore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Folk | appos |
| 19 | Journal | Journal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Lore | flat |
| 20 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 18 Lore | punct |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 vol. | punct |
| 22 | vol. | vol. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Folk | conj |
| 23 | ii | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 22 vol. | flat |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 Folk | punct |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Philosophy | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 Philosophy | punct |
| 27 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Philosophy | det |
| 28 | Philosophy | Philosophy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Folk | appos |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Punchkin | case |
| 30 | Punchkin | Punchkin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Philosophy | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Punchkin | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 Punchkin | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 section | cc |
| 34 | still | still | ADV | _ | 35 more | advmod |
| 35 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 36 elaborately | advmod |
| 36 | elaborately | elaborately | ADV | _ | 39 section | advmod |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 section | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 section | det |
| 39 | section | section | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 Punchkin | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 Soul | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 Soul | punct |
| 42 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Soul | det |
| 43 | External | external | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 Soul | amod |
| 44 | Soul | Soul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Philosophy | conj |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 tales | case |
| 46 | Folk | Folk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 tales | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 Folk | punct |
| 48 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 Soul | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 tales | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 tales | punct |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 62 pp | case |
| 52 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Frazer | nmod:desc |
| 53 | Frazer | Frazer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 pp | nmod:poss |
| 54 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 53 Frazer | case |
| 55 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 57 Bough | punct |
| 56 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 Bough | amod |
| 57 | Bough | Bough | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 pp | compound |
| 58 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 57 Bough | punct |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 ii | punct |
| 60 | ii | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 57 Bough | flat |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 57 Bough | punct |
| 62 | pp | pp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 tales | nmod |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 studied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | study | present · perfect · passive | E. Mr. | the external soul of the ogre | Folk and vol. | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
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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