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# More English Fairy Tales, Ætat. XIII, sentence 51

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Other friends have been equally kind, especially Mr. Alfred Nutt, who has helped by adapting some of the book versions, and by reading the proofs, while to the Councils of the American and English Folk-Lore Societies I have again to repeat my thanks for permission to use materials which first appeared in their publications.

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**Who acts:** Other friends, Alfred, I, American Lore Societies, materials, friends · **What happens:** be, help, adapt, read, have, repeat · **To what, where:** some, proofs, American Lore Societies, thanks, materials, publications

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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 (Other friends, Alfred, I, American Lore Societies), 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:pg14241:4:51
# text = Other friends have been equally kind, especially Mr. Alfred Nutt, who has helped by adapting some of the book versions, and by reading the proofs, while to the Councils of the American and English Folk-Lore Societies I have again to repeat my thanks for permission to use materials which first appeared in their publications.
1	Other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:desc	_	_
10	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	Nutt	Nutt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	helped	help	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	adapting	adapt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
18	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	versions	version	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
26	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	proofs	proof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
30	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Councils	council	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
36	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	conj	_	_
39	Folk	Folk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	Lore	Lore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
42	Societies	society	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	_
43	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	acl:relcl	_	_
45	again	again	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
47	repeat	repeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	_
48	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	to	to	PART	TO	_	53	mark	_	_
53	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	acl	_	_
54	materials	material	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
55	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	57	nsubj	_	_
56	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	57	advmod	_	_
57	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	acl:relcl	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	publications	publication	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · perfect | Other friends |  |  |  |  | Alfred  Mr. *obl*; equally, kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | present · perfect | Alfred  Mr. |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **adapt** | gerund | Alfred  Mr. *not said here* | some |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient |
| 4 | **read** | gerund | Other friends *not said here* | the proofs |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proof=Topic |
| 5 | **have** | present | I | the American Lore Societies *not said here* |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **repeat** | to-infinitive | the American Lore Societies *not said here* | my thanks |  |  |  | for permission | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Eventuality |
| 7 | **use** | to-infinitive | the American Lore Societies *not said here* | materials |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent material=Patient |
| 8 | **appear** | past | materials |  |  | friends's publications |  | first *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in publication=Location |
| 9 | **publish** |  | friends *= friend* |  |  |  |  |  | nom publication «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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