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title: Of these eighty-six, five exist in the British Isles, two chap-books… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Of these eighty-six, five exist in the British Isles, two chap-books given in Halliwell and in Dixon's _Songs of English Peasantry_, two by Campbell, Nos. xiv. and xiv_a_, "The King who Wished to Marry his Daughter," and one by Kennedy's _Fireside Stories_, "The Princess in the Catskins." Who acts: 
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# More English Fairy Tales, LXXXIII. Catskin, sentence 5

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Of these eighty-six, five exist in the British Isles, two chap-books given in Halliwell and in Dixon's \_Songs of English Peasantry\_, two by Campbell, Nos. xiv. and xiv\_a\_, "The King who Wished to Marry his Daughter," and one by Kennedy's \_Fireside Stories\_, "The Princess in the Catskins."

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**Who acts:** eighty six, King · **What happens:** exist, give, wish, marry · **To what, where:** British Isles, two chap books, Halliwell, Daughter

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXXXIII. Catskin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eighty six, King), 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:pg14241:76:5
# text = Of these eighty-six, five exist in the British Isles, two chap-books given in Halliwell and in Dixon's _Songs of English Peasantry_, two by Campbell, Nos. xiv. and xiv_a_, "The King who Wished to Marry his Daughter," and one by Kennedy's _Fireside Stories_, "The Princess in the Catskins."
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
8	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Isles	Isle	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
15	chap	chap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	appos	_	_
18	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Halliwell	Halliwell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Dixon	Dixon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	Songs	Song	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	20	appos	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	Peasantry	Peasantry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	list	_	_
33	by	by	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Campbell	Campbell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	Nos	Nos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	38	punct	_	_
38	xiv	xiv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	38	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	xiv	xiv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	_	_	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
49	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
50	Wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	acl:relcl	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	Marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	xcomp	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	Daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	44	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
58	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	69	nsubj	_	_
59	by	by	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
60	Kennedy	Kennedy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	's	's	PART	POS	_	60	case	_	_
62	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	Fireside	Fireside	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	Stories	Story	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
67	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	Catskins	catskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | eighty six |  |  | the British Isles |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in isle=Location |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | two chap books *not said here* |  | Halliwell and Dixon |  | by Campbell and Nos | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **wish** *in a quote* | past | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | \_'s Daughter |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |

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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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