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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: 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:pg14241:56:2 # text = _--Steinberg's _Folk-Lore of Northamptonshire_, 1851, but entirely rewritten by Mr. Nutt, who has introduced from other variants one touch at the close--viz., the readiness of the wife to allow her husband to remain disfigured. 1 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Steinberg Steinberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Lore Lore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Northamptonshire Northamptonshire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 1851 1851 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 list _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 rewritten rewrite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:desc _ _ 20 Nutt Nutt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 variants variant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:unmarked _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 viz viz NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 readiness readiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 iobj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 48 disfigured disfigure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rewrite** | participle | | | | | | by Nutt Mr.; entirely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **introduce** | present · perfect · passive | | Nutt Mr. | | other variants one touch at the close and viz | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **allow** | to-infinitive | | | wife's husband | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer husband=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **disfigure** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/3/) - ↑ back to [LXV. the Three Wishes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/56/)