--- title: But beguiling into a mountain is not known elsewhere except at Hamel… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But beguiling into a mountain is not known elsewhere except at Hameln, which was made widely known in England by Verstegan's and Howell's accounts, so that the Belfast variant is also probably to be traced to the _Rattenfänger_. Who acts: Verstegan. 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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 (Verstegan), 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:pg14241:35:38 # text = But beguiling into a mountain is not known elsewhere except at Hameln, which was made widely known in England by Verstegan's and Howell's accounts, so that the Belfast variant is also probably to be traced to the _Rattenfänger_. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 beguiling beguile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 except except ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Hameln Hameln PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 17 widely widely ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 22 Verstegan Verstegan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 Howell Howell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Belfast Belfast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 variant variant NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 35 also also ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 probably probably ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 traced trace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Rattenfänger Rattenfänger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beguile** | gerund | | | | a mountain | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **know** | present · passive | | | | | | except Hameln; elsewhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past · passive | | Hameln | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **know** | participle | | | | England | | by Verstegan's Howell accounts; widely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present · passive | | the Belfast variant | | | | to the Rattenfänger; probably, trace *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **account** | | Verstegan | | | | | | nom account «communication 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/39/) - ↑ back to [XLIV. the Pied Piper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/)