English Fairy Tales, XXVI. Mr. Fox., sentence 6
“Mr. Fox” is clearly a variant of the theme of “The Robber Bridegroom” (Grimm, No. 40, Mrs. Hunt's translation, i. 389, 395; and Cosquin, i. 180-1).
Who acts: Mr. Fox, Mrs. Hunt · What happens: be, translate · To what, where: variant
This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXVI. Mr. Fox.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mr. Fox, Mrs. Hunt), 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 Fox | punct |
| 2 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Fox | compound |
| 3 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 variant | nsubj |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Fox | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 variant | cop |
| 6 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 8 variant | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 variant | det |
| 8 | variant | variant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 theme | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 theme | det |
| 11 | theme | theme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 variant | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Bridegroom | case |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Bridegroom | punct |
| 14 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Bridegroom | det |
| 15 | Robber | Robber | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Bridegroom | compound |
| 16 | Bridegroom | Bridegroom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 theme | nmod |
| 17 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Bridegroom | punct |
| 18 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 19 Grimm | punct |
| 19 | Grimm | Grimm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Bridegroom | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 No. | punct |
| 21 | No. | No. | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 19 Grimm | conj |
| 22 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 No. | flat |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 translation | punct |
| 24 | Mrs. | Mrs. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Hunt | compound |
| 25 | Hunt | Hunt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 translation | nmod:poss |
| 26 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 25 Hunt | case |
| 27 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Grimm | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 389 | punct |
| 29 | i. | i. | X | Foreign=Yes | 30 389 | nsubj |
| 30 | 389 | 389 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 Grimm | list |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 395 | punct |
| 32 | 395 | 395 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 30 389 | conj |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 Cosquin | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 Cosquin | cc |
| 35 | Cosquin | Cosquin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 variant | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 180-1 | punct |
| 37 | i. | i. | X | Foreign=Yes | 38 180-1 | nsubj |
| 38 | 180-1 | 180-1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 35 Cosquin | appos |
| 39 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 38 180-1 | punct |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 variant | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mr. Fox | a variant | of the theme of the Robber Bridegroom and Grimm and No.; Cosquin obl; clearly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | translate | Mrs. Hunt | nom translation «communication intransitive»: 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: «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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