Indian Fairy Tales, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair., sentence 25

For we may be sure that the thunderbolt of Knowledge did not exist in the original, but was introduced by some Buddhist Mr. Barlow, who, like Alice's Duchess, ended all his tales with: "And the moral of that is----" For no well-bred demon would have been taken in by so simple a "sell" as that indulged in by Prince Five-Weapons in our Jataka, and it is probable, therefore, that _Uncle Remus_ preserves a reminiscence of the original Indian reading of the tale.

Who acts: we, thunderbolt, Buddhist Barlow, simple sell, Prince Five Weapons, that · What happens: be, not exist, introduce, end, breed, take in · To what, where: original, tales, that, reminiscence, tale

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, thunderbolt, Buddhist Barlow, simple sell), 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	For	for	SCONJ	_	5 sure	mark
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 sure	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sure	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sure	cop
5	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 exist	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thunderbolt	det
8	thunderbolt	thunderbolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 exist	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Knowledge	case
10	Knowledge	Knowledge	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 thunderbolt	nmod
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 exist	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 exist	advmod
13	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sure	ccomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 original	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 original	det
16	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 exist	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 introduced	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 introduced	cc
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 introduced	aux:pass
20	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sure	conj
21	by	by	ADP	_	25 Barlow	case
22	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	25 Barlow	det
23	Buddhist	Buddhist	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Barlow	compound
24	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Barlow	nmod:desc
25	Barlow	Barlow	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 introduced	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 Duchess	punct
27	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 Duchess	nsubj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 Duchess	punct
29	like	like	ADP	_	32 Duchess	case
30	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 Duchess	nmod:poss
31	's	's	PART	_	30 Alice	case
32	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Barlow	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 ended	punct
34	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sure	parataxis
35	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	37 tales	det:predet
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 tales	nmod:poss
37	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 ended	obj
38	with	with	ADP	_	43 moral	case
39	:	:	PUNCT	_	38 with	punct
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	43 moral	punct
41	And	and	CCONJ	_	43 moral	cc
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 moral	det
43	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tales	nmod
44	of	of	ADP	_	45 that	case
45	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	43 moral	nmod
46	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 tales	cop
47	----	----	PUNCT	_	58 taken	punct
48	"	"	PUNCT	_	58 taken	punct
49	For	for	ADP	_	54 demon	case
50	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	54 demon	det
51	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	53 bred	advmod
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 well	punct
53	bred	breed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 demon	amod
54	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 taken	obl
55	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 taken	aux
56	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	58 taken	aux
57	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	58 taken	aux:pass
58	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 ended	conj
59	in	in	ADP	_	58 taken	compound:prt
60	by	by	ADP	_	65 sell	case
61	so	so	ADV	_	62 simple	advmod
62	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 sell	amod
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 sell	det
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	65 sell	punct
65	sell	sell	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 taken	obl
66	"	"	PUNCT	_	65 sell	punct
67	as	as	SCONJ	_	69 indulged	mark
68	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	69 indulged	nsubj:pass
69	indulged	indulge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 taken	advcl
70	in	in	ADP	_	69 indulged	compound:prt
71	by	by	ADP	_	75 Weapons	case
72	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 Weapons	compound
73	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	75 Weapons	nummod
74	-	-	PUNCT	_	73 Five	punct
75	Weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 indulged	obl
76	in	in	ADP	_	78 Jataka	case
77	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 Jataka	nmod:poss
78	Jataka	Jataka	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 Weapons	nmod
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 probable	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 probable	cc
81	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 probable	nsubj
82	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 probable	cop
83	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sure	parataxis
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 therefore	punct
85	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	83 probable	advmod
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 preserves	punct
87	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	92 preserves	nsubj
88	_	_	PUNCT	_	89 Uncle	punct
89	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 preserves	nsubj
90	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 Uncle	appos
91	_	_	PUNCT	_	90 Remus	punct
92	preserves	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 probable	conj
93	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	94 reminiscence	det
94	reminiscence	reminiscence	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 preserves	obj
95	of	of	ADP	_	99 reading	case
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 reading	det
97	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 reading	amod
98	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 reading	amod
99	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 reminiscence	nmod
100	of	of	ADP	_	102 tale	case
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 tale	det
102	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 reading	nmod
103	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sure	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	may	we			sure property	tree rules
2	not exist	past · do-support	the thunderbolt of Knowledge		the original		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in original=Location
3	introduce	past · passive	some Buddhist Barlow Mr. and Alice's Duchess				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	end	past					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	is a	present		Mr.'s tales		with the moral of that	tree rules
6	breed	participle				well property	tree rules
7	take in	would · perfect · passive	a simple sell			for no bred demon	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for demon=Beneficiary
8	indulge in	participle · passive	Prince Five Weapons in our Jataka	that			tree rules
9	is	present	thunderbolt			probable, therefore property	tree rules
10	preserve	present	that	a reminiscence of the original Indian reading of the tale			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reminiscence=Beneficiary
11	reminisce		the original Indian reading of the tale				nom reminiscence «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
12	read			the tale			nom reading «cognition 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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