Indian Fairy Tales, V. the Broken Pot., sentence 17
I have given a rough summary of the chief critical results in the introduction to my edition of the earliest English version of the _Fables of Bidpai_, by Sir Thomas North, of Plutarch fame (London, D. Nutt, "Bibliothèque de Carabas," 1888), where I have given an elaborate genealogical table of the multitudinous versions.
Who acts: I · What happens: give · To what, where: rough summary, edition, elaborate genealogical table
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, V. the Broken Pot.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 summary | det |
| 5 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 summary | amod |
| 6 | summary | summary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 results | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 results | det |
| 9 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 results | amod |
| 10 | critical | critical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 results | amod |
| 11 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 summary | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 introduction | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 introduction | det |
| 14 | introduction | introduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 results | nmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 edition | case |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 edition | nmod:poss |
| 17 | edition | edition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 version | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 version | det |
| 20 | earliest | early | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 22 version | amod |
| 21 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 version | amod |
| 22 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 edition | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Fables | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Fables | det |
| 25 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 26 Fables | punct |
| 26 | Fables | fable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 version | nmod |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Bidpai | case |
| 28 | Bidpai | Bidpai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Fables | nmod |
| 29 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Thomas | punct |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 33 Thomas | case |
| 32 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Thomas | nmod:desc |
| 33 | Thomas | Thomas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 34 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Thomas | flat |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 fame | punct |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 fame | case |
| 37 | Plutarch | plutarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 fame | compound |
| 38 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Thomas | conj |
| 39 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 40 London | punct |
| 40 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 fame | appos |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 D. | punct |
| 42 | D. | D. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 London | conj |
| 43 | Nutt | Nutt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 D. | flat |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Bibliothèque | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 Bibliothèque | punct |
| 46 | Bibliothèque | Bibliothèque | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Thomas | conj |
| 47 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Bibliothèque | flat |
| 48 | Carabas | Carabas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Bibliothèque | flat |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 1888 | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 1888 | punct |
| 51 | 1888 | 1888 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 33 Thomas | list |
| 52 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 51 1888 | punct |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 given | punct |
| 54 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 57 given | advmod |
| 55 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 given | nsubj |
| 56 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 given | aux |
| 57 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 given | parataxis |
| 58 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 table | det |
| 59 | elaborate | elaborate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 table | amod |
| 60 | genealogical | genealogical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 table | amod |
| 61 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 given | obj |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 versions | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 versions | det |
| 64 | multitudinous | multitudinous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 versions | amod |
| 65 | versions | version | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 table | nmod |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · perfect | I | a rough summary of the chief critical results in the introduction | my edition of the earliest English version of the Fables of Bidpai | by Thomas Sir and Plutarch fame and Bibliothèque | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent summary=Theme to edition=Recipient | ||
| 2 | give | present · perfect | I | a elaborate genealogical table of the multitudinous versions | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme |
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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