--- title: I do not know of more than half-a-dozen "outsiders" that deserve to… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I do not know of more than half-a-dozen "outsiders" that deserve to rank with those included in my two volumes which, for the present, at any rate, must serve as the best substitute that can be offered for an English Grimm. Who acts: I, outsiders. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, outsiders), 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:pg14241:34:7 # text = I do not know of more than half-a-dozen "outsiders" that deserve to rank with those included in my two volumes which, for the present, at any rate, must serve as the best substitute that can be offered for an English Grimm. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 12 advmod _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 dozen dozen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 outsiders outsider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 rank rank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 obl _ _ 22 included include VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 volumes volume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 serve serve VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 amod _ _ 42 substitute substitute NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 Grimm Grimm PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | of a dozen and outsiders | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of dozen=Stimulus | | 2 | **deserve** | present | outsiders | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rank** | to-infinitive | outsiders *not said here* | | | my two volumes | | with those; at any rate | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **include** | participle | | | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **serve** | must | | | | | | as the best substitute | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as substitute=Attribute | | 6 | **offer** | can · passive | | the best substitute | | | | for a English Grimm *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme for grimm=Goal | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/8/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/)