Indian Fairy Tales, VII. the Cruel Crane Outwitted., sentence 11
_--An interesting point, to which I have drawn attention in my Introduction to North's Bidpai, is the probability that the illustrations of the tales as well as the tales themselves, were translated, so to speak, from one country to another.
Who acts: I, interesting point, my · What happens: draw, be, translate, speak, introduce, illustrate · To what, where: attention, Introduction, probability, illustrations, one country, tales · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VII. the Cruel Crane Outwitted.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, interesting point, my), 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 | _ | 5 point | punct |
| 2 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 5 point | punct |
| 3 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 point | det |
| 4 | interesting | interesting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 point | amod |
| 5 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 probability | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 drawn | punct |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 which | case |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 drawn | obl |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 drawn | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 drawn | aux |
| 11 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 point | acl |
| 12 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drawn | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 Introduction | case |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 Introduction | nmod:poss |
| 15 | Introduction | introduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drawn | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 Bidpai | case |
| 17 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Bidpai | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 North | case |
| 19 | Bidpai | Bidpai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Introduction | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 point | punct |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 probability | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 probability | det |
| 23 | probability | probability | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 translated | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 illustrations | det |
| 26 | illustrations | illustration | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 translated | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 tales | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 tales | det |
| 29 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 illustrations | nmod |
| 30 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 34 tales | cc |
| 31 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 30 as | fixed |
| 32 | as | as | ADP | _ | 30 as | fixed |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 tales | det |
| 34 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 tales | conj |
| 35 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 34 tales | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 illustrations | punct |
| 37 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 translated | aux:pass |
| 38 | translated | translate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 probability | advcl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 speak | punct |
| 40 | so | so | ADV | _ | 42 speak | advmod |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 speak | mark |
| 42 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 23 probability | parataxis |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 country | punct |
| 44 | from | from | ADP | _ | 46 country | case |
| 45 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 46 country | nummod |
| 46 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 speak | obl |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 another | case |
| 48 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 46 country | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 probability | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | present · perfect | I | attention | my Introduction to North's Bidpai | to a interesting point | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent attention=Theme in introduction=Destination | ||
| 2 | is a | present | a interesting point | the probability | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | translate | past · passive | the illustrations of the tales as the tales illustrations | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 4 | speak speech: other | to-infinitive | one country to another | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | introduce | my | to North's Bidpai | nom introduction «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | |||||
| 6 | illustrate | the tales as the tales illustrations | nom illustration «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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