--- title: What this relation is I have discussed at considerable length in the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: What this relation is I have discussed at considerable length in the "History of the Æsopic Fable," which forms the introductory volume to my edition of Caxton's _Esope_ (London, D. Nutt, "Bibliothèque de Carabas," 1889). 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Nutt, "Bibliothèque de Carabas," 1889). **What happens:** discuss, form · **To what, where:** relation, considerable length, introductory volume, edition This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23. 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:pg7128:29:137 # text = What this relation is I have discussed at considerable length in the "History of the Æsopic Fable," which forms the introductory volume to my edition of Caxton's _Esope_ (London, D. Nutt, "Bibliothèque de Carabas," 1889). 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 discussed discuss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 History history NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Æsopic Æsopic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Fable Fable PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 forms form VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 introductory introductory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 edition edition NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 Caxton Caxton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Esope Esope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 D. D. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 Nutt Nutt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Bibliothèque Bibliothèque PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 43 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ _ 44 Carabas Carabas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 47 1889 1889 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 42 list _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discuss** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | this relation | | considerable length in the History of the Æsopic Fable | | | tree rules | | 2 | **form** | present | | the introductory volume London and D. and Bibliothèque | my edition of Caxton's \_ | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent volume=Theme to edition=Recipient | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/138/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/)