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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 (substratum, legend), 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:pg14241:35:22 # text = Mrs. Gutch is inclined to think there may be a substratum of fact at the root of the legend, basing her conclusions on a pamphlet of Dr. Meinardus, _Der historische Kern_, which I have not seen. 1 Mrs. Mrs. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Gutch Gutch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 inclined incline VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 substratum substratum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 basing base VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 conclusions conclusion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pamphlet pamphlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Meinardus Meinardus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Der Der PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ _ 33 historische historische NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 34 Kern Kern PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **incline** | present · passive | | Mrs. | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **be** | may | a substratum of fact at the root of the legend | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **base** | gerund | the legend *not said here* | substratum's conclusions | | a pamphlet of Meinardus Dr. and historische | | | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme on pamphlet=Source | | 5 | **not** **see** | present · perfect · passive | | a substratum of fact at the root of the legend | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **conclude** | | substratum | | | | | | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=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:** «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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/23/) - ↑ back to [XLIV. the Pied Piper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/)