--- title: _, that the Phædrine form is ultimately to be derived from India, an… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _, that the Phædrine form is ultimately to be derived from India, and there can be little doubt that all the other variants, which are only variations on one idea, and that an absurdly incongruous one, were derived from India in the last resort. Who acts: other variants, little doubt. 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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 (other variants, little doubt), 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:pg14241:56:13 # text = _, that the Phædrine form is ultimately to be derived from India, and there can be little doubt that all the other variants, which are only variations on one idea, and that an absurdly incongruous one, were derived from India in the last resort. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Phædrine Phædrine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 variants variant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 variations variation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 absurdly absurdly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 incongruous incongruous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 resort resort NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · passive | | the Phædrine form | | India | | derive, ultimately *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | | little doubt | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | all other variants and variations and a absurdly incongruous one | variations | | one idea | | | tree rules | | 4 | **derive** | past · passive | little doubt *not said here* | all other variants and variations and a absurdly incongruous one | | India | | in the last resort | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from india=Material | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/14/) - ↑ back to [LXV. the Three Wishes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/)