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title: In compiling the present collection I have drawn on the store of 140… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In compiling the present collection I have drawn on the store of 140 tales with which I originally started; some of the best of these I reserved for this when making up the former one. Who acts: I, best. A sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Ætat. XIII, with its dependency tree 
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# More English Fairy Tales, Ætat. XIII, sentence 44

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In compiling the present collection I have drawn on the store of 140 tales with which I originally started; some of the best of these I reserved for this when making up the former one.

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**Who acts:** I, best · **What happens:** compile, draw, start, reserve, make up · **To what, where:** present collection, store, former one

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Ætat. XIII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, best), 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:pg14241:4:44
# text = In compiling the present collection I have drawn on the store of 140 tales with which I originally started; some of the best of these I reserved for this when making up the former one.
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	compiling	compile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	140	140	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	originally	originally	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
21	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	24	nsubj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	28	nsubj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	24	nmod	_	_
27	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
29	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	obl	_	_
31	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
32	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	advcl	_	_
33	up	up	ADP	RP	_	32	compound:prt	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compile** | gerund | I *not said here* | the present collection |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collection=Product |
| 2 | **draw** | present · perfect | I |  |  | the store of 140 tales |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on store=Destination |
| 3 | **start** | past | I |  |  |  |  | with 140 tales; originally *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with which=Subeventuality |
| 4 | **reserve** | past | the best of these |  |  |  |  | for this | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for this=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **make up** | gerund | the best of these *not said here* | the former one |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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