English Fairy Tales, XXXIX. Ass, Table and Stick., sentence 8
_Remarks_.--As an example of the sun-myth explanation of folk-tales I will quote the same authority (p. 314): “The Master, who gives the three precious gifts, is the All Father, the Supreme Spirit.
Who acts: I, Master, folk tales · What happens: quote, give, be, exemplify, explain · To what, where: same authority, three precious gifts, Father, myth explanation · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXXIX. Ass, Table and Stick.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Master, folk tales), 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 | _ | 2 Remarks | punct |
| 2 | Remarks | remark | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 4 .-- | punct |
| 4 | .-- | .-- | SYM | _ | 2 Remarks | discourse |
| 5 | As | as | ADP | _ | 7 example | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 example | det |
| 7 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 .-- | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 explanation | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 explanation | det |
| 10 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 myth | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 sun | punct |
| 12 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 explanation | compound |
| 13 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 example | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 tales | case |
| 15 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 tales | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 folk | punct |
| 17 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 explanation | nmod |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 quote | nsubj |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 quote | aux |
| 20 | quote | quote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 tales | acl:relcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 authority | det |
| 22 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 authority | amod |
| 23 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 quote | obj |
| 24 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 25 p. | punct |
| 25 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 authority | appos |
| 26 | 314 | 314 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 25 p. | flat |
| 27 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 25 p. | punct |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 gives | punct |
| 29 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 gives | punct |
| 30 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Master | det |
| 31 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 gives | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 gives | punct |
| 33 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 gives | nsubj |
| 34 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 quote | parataxis |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 gifts | det |
| 36 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 gifts | nummod |
| 37 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 gifts | amod |
| 38 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 gives | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Father | punct |
| 40 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 Father | cop |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Father | det |
| 42 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 Father | det |
| 43 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 gives | parataxis |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Spirit | punct |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Spirit | det |
| 46 | Supreme | Supreme | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 Spirit | amod |
| 47 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Father | conj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Remarks | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quote speech: other | future | I | the same authority | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give in a quote | present | the Master | the three precious gifts | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the Father and the Supreme Spirit | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | exemplify | the myth explanation of folk tales | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | explain | folk tales | nom explanation «communication 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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