English Fairy Tales, XXXV. the Fish and the Ring., sentence 3
_Parallels_.--“Jonah rings” have been put together by Mr. Clouston in his _Popular Tales_, i. 398, &c.: the most famous are those of Polycrates, of Solomon, and the Sanskrit drama of “Sakuntala,” the plot of which turns upon such a ring.
Who acts: Clouston, Sanskrit drama · What happens: put together, be, turn · To what, where: Parallels, those, ring
This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXXV. the Fish and the Ring.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Clouston, Sanskrit drama), 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 Parallels | punct |
| 2 | Parallels | parallel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 put | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 7 rings | punct |
| 4 | .-- | .-- | PUNCT | _ | 7 rings | punct |
| 5 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 rings | punct |
| 6 | Jonah | Jonah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 rings | compound |
| 7 | rings | ring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Parallels | appos |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 rings | punct |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 put | aux |
| 10 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 put | aux:pass |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | together | together | ADV | _ | 11 put | advmod |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 Clouston | case |
| 14 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Clouston | nmod:desc |
| 15 | Clouston | Clouston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 Tales | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 Tales | nmod:poss |
| 18 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 20 Tales | punct |
| 19 | Popular | popular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 Tales | amod |
| 20 | Tales | Tale | PROPN | Number=Plur | 15 Clouston | nmod |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 15 Clouston | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 398 | punct |
| 23 | i. | i. | X | Foreign=Yes | 24 398 | nsubj |
| 24 | 398 | 398 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 Clouston | list |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 c. | punct |
| 26 | & | & | CCONJ | _ | 27 c. | cc |
| 27 | c. | c. | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 put | obl |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 famous | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 famous | det |
| 30 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 31 famous | advmod |
| 31 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 put | parataxis |
| 32 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 those | cop |
| 33 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 31 famous | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Polycrates | case |
| 35 | Polycrates | Polycrates | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 those | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Solomon | punct |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Solomon | case |
| 38 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 famous | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 turns | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 turns | cc |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 drama | det |
| 42 | Sanskrit | Sanskrit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 drama | compound |
| 43 | drama | drama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 turns | nsubj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Sakuntala | case |
| 45 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 Sakuntala | punct |
| 46 | Sakuntala | Sakuntala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 drama | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Sakuntala | punct |
| 48 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 Sakuntala | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 plot | det |
| 50 | plot | plot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 turns | nsubj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 which | case |
| 52 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 plot | nmod |
| 53 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 put | conj |
| 54 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 57 ring | case |
| 55 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 57 ring | det:predet |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 ring | det |
| 57 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 turns | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put together | present · perfect · passive | Clouston Mr. in Clouston's Popular Tales | Parallels | c. obl; together property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal | |||
| 2 | is a | present | those | of Polycrates | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | turn | present | the Sanskrit drama of Sakuntala | such ring | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon ring=Trajectory |
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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