English Fairy Tales, XVII. Jack and His Snuff-box., sentence 3

_ I have eliminated a superfluous Gipsy who makes her appearance towards the end of the tale _à propos des boltes_, but otherwise have left the tale unaltered as one of the few English folk-tales that have been taken down from the mouths of the peasantry: this applies also to i., ii., xi.

Who acts: I, superfluous Gipsy, this · What happens: eliminate, make, leave, take down, apply · To what, where: superfluous Gipsy, appearance, tale, few English folk tales, mouths, i.

This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVII. Jack and His Snuff-box.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, superfluous Gipsy, this), 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	_	_	PUNCT	_	4 eliminated	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 eliminated	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 eliminated	aux
4	eliminated	eliminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 Gipsy	det
6	superfluous	superfluous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Gipsy	amod
7	Gipsy	gipsy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eliminated	obj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Gipsy	acl:relcl
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 appearance	nmod:poss
11	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 tale	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tale	det
17	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 end	nmod
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	4 eliminated	punct
19	à	à	ADP	_	20 propos	case
20	propos	propo	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eliminated	obl
21	des	des	X	_	22 boltes	compound
22	boltes	bolte	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 propos	conj
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 boltes	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 left	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 left	cc
26	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	28 left	advmod
27	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 left	aux
28	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 eliminated	conj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 tale	det
30	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 left	obj
31	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 left	xcomp
32	as	as	ADP	_	33 one	case
33	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 left	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	40 tales	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 tales	det
36	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 tales	amod
37	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 tales	amod
38	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 tales	compound
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 folk	punct
40	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 one	nmod
41	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 taken	nsubj:pass
42	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 taken	aux
43	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	44 taken	aux:pass
44	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 tales	acl:relcl
45	down	down	ADP	_	44 taken	compound:prt
46	from	from	ADP	_	48 mouths	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 mouths	det
48	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 taken	obl
49	of	of	ADP	_	51 peasantry	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 peasantry	det
51	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 mouths	nmod
52	:	:	PUNCT	_	54 applies	punct
53	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	54 applies	nsubj
54	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 eliminated	conj
55	also	also	ADV	_	57 i.	advmod
56	to	to	ADP	_	57 i.	case
57	i.	i.	X	Foreign=Yes	54 applies	obj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 ii	punct
59	ii	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	57 i.	appos
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	54 applies	punct
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 xi	punct
62	xi	xi	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 applies	conj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 eliminated	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eliminate	present · perfect	I	a superfluous Gipsy			à propos and des boltes	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gipsy=Patient
2	make	present	a superfluous Gipsy	p.'s appearance		towards the end of the tale		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Product
3	leave	present · perfect	I not said here	the tale			as one of the few English folk tales; otherwise, unaltered property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme
4	take down	present · perfect · passive		the few English folk tales	the mouths of the peasantry			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	apply	present	this	i.				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i.=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: «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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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