Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 31
Thence, according to Benfey, it was inserted in the _Book of Sindibad_, another collection of Oriental Apologues framed on what may be called the Mrs. Potiphar formula.
What happens: accord, insert, frame, call · To what, where: history, _ Book, Oriental Apologues, Potiphar formula · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Beth Gellert.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | Thence | thence | ADV | _ | 9 inserted | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thence | punct |
| 3 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 Benfey | case |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 according | fixed |
| 5 | Benfey | Benfey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 inserted | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Benfey | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 inserted | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 inserted | aux:pass |
| 9 | inserted | insert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Book | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Book | det |
| 12 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Book | compound |
| 13 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 inserted | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Sindibad | case |
| 15 | Sindibad | Sindibad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Book | nmod |
| 16 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 13 Book | punct |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 collection | punct |
| 18 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 19 collection | det |
| 19 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Book | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Apologues | case |
| 21 | Oriental | oriental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 Apologues | amod |
| 22 | Apologues | apologue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 collection | nmod |
| 23 | framed | frame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 Apologues | acl |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 what | case |
| 25 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 framed | obl |
| 26 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 called | aux |
| 27 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 called | aux:pass |
| 28 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 what | acl:relcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 formula | det |
| 30 | Mrs. | Mrs. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Potiphar | compound |
| 31 | Potiphar | Potiphar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 formula | compound |
| 32 | formula | formula | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 called | xcomp |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 inserted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | insert | past · passive | history | the _ Book of Sindibad and another collection of Oriental Apologues | accord Benfey; thence property | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination | |||
| 3 | frame | participle | Oriental Apologues not said here | Oriental Apologues | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | call | may · passive | the Potiphar formula | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |
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: «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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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