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title: _--The parallel with the Odyssey suggests the possibility that this… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: _--The parallel with the Odyssey suggests the possibility that this is the ultimate source of the legend, as other parts of the epic have been adapted to local requirements in Great Britain, as in the "Blinded Giant" (No. lxi.), or "Conall Yellowclaw" (_Celtic Fairy Tales_, No. v.). Who acts: parall
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# More English Fairy Tales, XLVII. My Own Self, sentence 13

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\_--The parallel with the Odyssey suggests the possibility that this is the ultimate source of the legend, as other parts of the epic have been adapted to local requirements in Great Britain, as in the "Blinded Giant" (No. lxi.), or "Conall Yellowclaw" (\_Celtic Fairy Tales\_, No. v.).

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**Who acts:** parallel, this · **What happens:** suggest, be, adapt, blind · **To what, where:** possibility, ultimate source, other parts, local requirements · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XLVII. My Own Self. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (parallel, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg14241:38:13
# text = _--The parallel with the Odyssey suggests the possibility that this is the ultimate source of the legend, as other parts of the epic have been adapted to local requirements in Great Britain, as in the "Blinded Giant" (No. lxi.), or "Conall Yellowclaw" (_Celtic Fairy Tales_, No. v.).
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	parallel	parallel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Odyssey	Odyssey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	suggests	suggest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	possibility	possibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	epic	epic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	nmod	_	_
27	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	adapted	adapt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	Great	Great	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	flat	_	_
35	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
37	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
38	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	Blinded	blind	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
42	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	41	punct	_	_
44	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	No.	No.	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	46	compound	_	_
46	lxi	lxi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
53	Yellowclaw	Yellowclaw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	52	punct	_	_
55	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
58	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	Tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
62	No.	No.	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	52	conj	_	_
63	v.	V.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | the parallel with the Odyssey | the possibility |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent possibility=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | this | the ultimate source |  |  |  | of the legend | tree rules |
| 3 | **adapt** | present · perfect · passive |  | other parts of the epic |  |  |  | to local requirements in Great Britain *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to requirement=Goal |
| 4 | **blind** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | giant *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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