English Fairy Tales, XXIV. Golden Arm., sentence 10

_Remarks_.--It is doubtful how far such gruesome topics should be introduced into a book for children, but as a matter of fact the _katharsis_ of pity and terror among the little ones is as effective as among the spectators of a drama, and they take the same kind of pleasant thrill from such stories.

Who acts: Remarks, _ katharsis _, _, fact · What happens: be, introduce, take, matter · To what, where: such gruesome topics, book, same kind, such stories

This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXIV. Golden Arm.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Remarks, _ katharsis _, _, fact), 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	_	2 Remarks	punct
2	Remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 doubtful	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Remarks	punct
4	.--	.--	PUNCT	_	2 Remarks	punct
5	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 doubtful	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 doubtful	cop
7	doubtful	doubtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 far	advmod
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 introduced	advmod
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 topics	amod
11	gruesome	gruesome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 topics	amod
12	topics	topic	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 introduced	nsubj:pass
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 introduced	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 introduced	aux:pass
15	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 doubtful	advcl
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 book	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 book	det
18	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 introduced	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 children	case
20	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 book	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 effective	punct
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 effective	cc
23	as	as	ADP	_	25 matter	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 matter	det
25	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 effective	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 fact	case
27	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 matter	nmod
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 _	det
29	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 _	amod
30	katharsis	katharsis	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 _	compound
31	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 effective	nsubj
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 pity	case
33	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 _	nmod
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 terror	cc
35	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 _	conj
36	among	among	ADP	_	39 ones	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 ones	det
38	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 ones	amod
39	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 _	nmod
40	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 effective	cop
41	as	as	ADV	_	42 effective	advmod
42	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 doubtful	conj
43	as	as	ADP	_	46 spectators	case
44	among	among	ADP	_	46 spectators	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 spectators	det
46	spectators	spectator	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 effective	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 drama	case
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 drama	det
49	drama	drama	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 spectators	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 take	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 take	cc
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 take	nsubj
53	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 doubtful	parataxis
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 kind	det
55	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 kind	amod
56	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 take	obj
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 thrill	case
58	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 thrill	amod
59	thrill	thrill	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 kind	nmod
60	from	from	ADP	_	62 stories	case
61	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 stories	amod
62	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 take	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 doubtful	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Remarks			doubtful property	tree rules
2	introduce	should · passive		such gruesome topics	a book for children	far property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	is	present	the _ katharsis _ of pity among the little ones and terror			as a matter of fact; as the spectators of a drama; effective property	tree rules
4	take	present	_	the same kind of pleasant thrill	such stories		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent kind=Theme from story=Initial_Location
5	matter		fact				nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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: «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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