English Fairy Tales, XVII. Jack and His Snuff-box., sentence 6
_ No. xxiii.), but the closest parallel to the whole story, including the mice, is afforded by a tale in Carnoy and Nicolaides' _Traditions populaires de l'Asie Mineure_, which is translated as the first tale in Mr. Lang's _Blue Fairy Book_.
Who acts: tale, first tale · What happens: afford, translate · To what, where: closest parallel, Traditions populaires
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 (tale, first tale), 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 | _ | 3 xxiii | punct |
| 2 | No. | no. | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 xxiii | det |
| 3 | xxiii | xxiii | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 xxiii | punct |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 xxiii | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 afforded | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 afforded | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 parallel | det |
| 9 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 parallel | amod |
| 10 | parallel | parallel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 afforded | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 story | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 story | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 story | amod |
| 14 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 parallel | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mice | punct |
| 16 | including | including | ADP | _ | 18 mice | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 mice | det |
| 18 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 story | appos |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 parallel | punct |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 afforded | aux:pass |
| 21 | afforded | afford | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 xxiii | conj |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 tale | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 tale | det |
| 24 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 afforded | obl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 Carnoy | case |
| 26 | Carnoy | Carnoy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 tale | nmod |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 Nicolaides | cc |
| 28 | Nicolaides | Nicolaides | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Carnoy | conj |
| 29 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 28 Nicolaides | case |
| 30 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 populaires | punct |
| 31 | Traditions | tradition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 populaires | compound |
| 32 | populaires | populaire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 afforded | advcl |
| 33 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 32 populaires | conj |
| 34 | l'Asie | l'Asie | X | Foreign=Yes | 32 populaires | conj |
| 35 | Mineure | Mineure | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 l'Asie | flat |
| 36 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 populaires | punct |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 translated | punct |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 translated | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 translated | aux:pass |
| 40 | translated | translate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 populaires | parataxis |
| 41 | as | as | ADP | _ | 44 tale | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 tale | det |
| 43 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 44 tale | amod |
| 44 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 translated | obl:agent |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 Book | case |
| 46 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Lang | nmod:desc |
| 47 | Lang | Lang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Book | nmod:poss |
| 48 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 47 Lang | case |
| 49 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Blue | compound |
| 50 | Blue | Blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 Fairy | amod |
| 51 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Book | compound |
| 52 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 tale | nmod |
| 53 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 40 translated | punct |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 xxiii | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | afford | present · passive | a tale in Carnoy and Nicolaides | the closest parallel to the whole story | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | translate | present · passive | the first tale in Lang Mr.'s Fairy Book | Traditions populaires | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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: «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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