Indian Fairy Tales, XI. Harisarman., sentence 8
The most remarkable of the parallels is that afforded by the Grimms' "Doctor Allwissend" (No. 98), which extends even to such a minute point as his exclamation, "Ach, ich armer Krebs," whereupon a crab is discovered under a dish.
Who acts: Allwissend, No. · What happens: afford, extend, discover, exclaim · To what, where: remarkable, minute point, crab, dish
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XI. Harisarman.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Allwissend, No.), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 remarkable | det |
| 2 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 remarkable | advmod |
| 3 | remarkable | remarkable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 afforded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 parallels | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 parallels | det |
| 6 | parallels | parallel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 remarkable | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 afforded | aux:pass |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 afforded | mark |
| 9 | afforded | afford | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 Grimms | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Grimms | det |
| 12 | Grimms | Grimm | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 afforded | obj |
| 13 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 12 Grimms | case |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Allwissend | punct |
| 15 | Doctor | Doctor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Allwissend | nmod:desc |
| 16 | Allwissend | Allwissend | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Grimms | nmod |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Allwissend | punct |
| 18 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 19 No. | punct |
| 19 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 16 Allwissend | appos |
| 20 | 98 | 98 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 No. | flat |
| 21 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 19 No. | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 extends | punct |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 extends | nsubj |
| 24 | extends | extend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 Allwissend | acl:relcl |
| 25 | even | even | ADV | _ | 30 point | advmod |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 point | case |
| 27 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 30 point | det:predet |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 point | det |
| 29 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 point | compound |
| 30 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 extends | obj |
| 31 | as | as | ADP | _ | 33 exclamation | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 exclamation | nmod:poss |
| 33 | exclamation | exclamation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 point | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Ach | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 Ach | punct |
| 36 | Ach | ach | INTJ | _ | 24 extends | discourse |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 armer | punct |
| 38 | ich | ich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 armer | compound |
| 39 | armer | armer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Ach | appos |
| 40 | Krebs | Krebs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 armer | appos |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 discovered | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 discovered | punct |
| 43 | whereupon | whereupon | ADV | PronType=Int | 47 discovered | advmod |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 crab | det |
| 45 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 discovered | aux:pass |
| 47 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 afforded | parataxis |
| 48 | under | under | ADP | _ | 50 dish | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 dish | det |
| 50 | dish | dish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 discovered | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 afforded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | afford | present · passive | the remarkable of the parallels | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | extend | present | Allwissend Doctor | such minute point | as No.'s exclamation | vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent point=Theme | |||
| 3 | discover | present · passive | a crab | a dish | whereupon property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||
| 4 | exclaim | No. | nom exclamation «communication 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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