--- title: If the researches contained in my Notes are to be trusted only i.-ix… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: If the researches contained in my Notes are to be trusted only i.-ix., xi., xvii., xxii., xxv., xxvi., xxvii., xliv., l., liv., lv., lviii., lxi., lxii., lxv., lxvii., lxxviii., lxxxiv., lxxxvii. were imported; nearly all the remaining sixty are home produce, and have their roots in the hearts of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/) / 56 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 20, sentence 56 If the researches contained in my Notes are to be trusted only i.-ix., xi., xvii., xxii., xxv., xxvi., xxvii., xliv., l., liv., lv., lviii., lxi., lxii., lxv., lxvii., lxxviii., lxxxiv., lxxxvii. were imported; nearly all the remaining sixty are home produce, and have their roots in the hearts of the English people which naturally respond to them. **Who acts:** trusted xi, remaining · **What happens:** contain, trust, lv., import, remain, be · **To what, where:** researches, lviii, sixty, home produce, roots, hearts This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trusted xi, remaining), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg14241:34:56 # text = If the researches contained in my Notes are to be trusted only i.-ix., xi., xvii., xxii., xxv., xxvi., xxvii., xliv., l., liv., lv., lviii., lxi., lxii., lxv., lxvii., lxxviii., lxxxiv., lxxxvii. were imported; nearly all the remaining sixty are home produce, and have their roots in the hearts of the English people which naturally respond to them. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 researches research NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 Notes Note PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obl:agent _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 i. i. NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ix ix NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 xi xi NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 xvii xvii NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 xxii xxii NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 xxv xxv NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 xxvi xxvi X FW Foreign=Yes 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 xxvii xxvii NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 xliv xliv NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 l. l. X FW _ 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 liv liv NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 lv. lv. VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 lviii lviii NUM LS _ 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 lxi lxi X FW Foreign=Yes 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 lxii lxii X FW Foreign=Yes 44 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 lxv lxv NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 lxvii lxvii NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 lxxviii lxxviii NUM LS _ 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 lxxxiv lxxxiv NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 lxxxvii lxxxvii NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ 69 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux:pass _ _ 70 imported import VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ; ; PUNCT : _ 79 punct _ _ 72 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 79 det:predet _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 75 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 79 csubj _ _ 76 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 75 obj _ _ 77 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 cop _ _ 78 home home ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 produce produce NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 82 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 83 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 84 nmod:poss _ _ 84 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 obj _ _ 85 in in ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 obl _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 90 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 91 amod _ _ 91 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 87 nmod _ _ 92 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 94 obj _ _ 93 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 94 advmod _ _ 94 respond respond VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 91 acl:relcl _ _ 95 to to ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 96 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 94 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | participle | | the researches *not said here* | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **trust** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | the researches | | | | i. ix *obl* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **lv.** | infinitive | trusted xi and xvii and xxii and xxv and xxvii and xliv and l. liv | lviii | | | | lxv *obl*; lxvii *obl*; lxxxiv *obl*; lxxxvii *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **import** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **remain** | gerund | | sixty | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sixty=Attribute | | 6 | **is a** | present | remaining | all home produce | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | present | | xi's roots | | the hearts of the English people | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient | | 8 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | | the English people | xi | | | naturally *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Topic to they=Recipient | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/57/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/)