--- title: The ancient Greeks believed, so did the old Egyptians, and the Hindo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The ancient Greeks believed, so did the old Egyptians, and the Hindoos, and the Red Indians, and is it likely, if there are no fairies, that so many different peoples would have seen and heard them? Who acts: ancient Greeks, world, fairies. 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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 (ancient Greeks, world, fairies), 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:pg640:2:31 # text = The ancient Greeks believed, so did the old Egyptians, and the Hindoos, and the Red Indians, and is it likely, if there are no fairies, that so many different peoples would have seen and heard them? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Greeks Greek PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Egyptians Egyptian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Hindoos Hindoo PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 likely likely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux _ _ 39 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | the ancient Greeks | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past | | the old Egyptians and the Hindoos and the Red Indians | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egyptian=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | present | world | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **does** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | no fairies | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | would · perfect · passive | | no fairies | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **hear** | past | | people | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/32/) - ↑ back to [Joan, Toddles, and Tiny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/2/)