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title: The collections known in Europe by the titles of _The Fables of Bidp… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The collections known in Europe by the titles of _The Fables of Bidpai_, _The Seven Wise Masters_, _Gesta Romanorum_, and _Barlaam and Josaphat_, were extremely popular during the Middle Ages, and their contents passed on the one hand into the _Exempla_ of the monkish preachers, and on the other int
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Joseph Jacobs, sentence 21

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The collections known in Europe by the titles of \_The Fables of Bidpai\_, \_The Seven Wise Masters\_, \_Gesta Romanorum\_, and \_Barlaam and Josaphat\_, were extremely popular during the Middle Ages, and their contents passed on the one hand into the \_Exempla\_ of the monkish preachers, and on the other into the \_Novelle\_ of Italy, thence, after many days, to contribute their quota to the Elizabethan Drama.

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**Who acts:** Barlaam · **What happens:** know, be, pass, contribute, title · **To what, where:** collections, Europe, contents, one hand, quota, Elizabethan Drama

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Joseph Jacobs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Barlaam), 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:pg7128:3:21
# text = The collections known in Europe by the titles of _The Fables of Bidpai_, _The Seven Wise Masters_, _Gesta Romanorum_, and _Barlaam and Josaphat_, were extremely popular during the Middle Ages, and their contents passed on the one hand into the _Exempla_ of the monkish preachers, and on the other into the _Novelle_ of Italy, thence, after many days, to contribute their quota to the Elizabethan Drama.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collections	collection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	titles	title	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Fables	fable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Bidpai	Bidpai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
17	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	Seven	Seven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
20	Wise	Wise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	Masters	Master	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Gesta	Gesta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
26	Romanorum	Romanorum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	Barlaam	Barlaam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	Josaphat	Josaphat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
36	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
39	during	during	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	flat	_	_
42	Ages	Age	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	42	appos	_	_
47	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	acl	_	_
48	on	on	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	51	nummod	_	_
51	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
52	into	into	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	Exempla	Exempla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	60	punct	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
59	monkish	monkish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	preachers	preacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
63	on	on	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	_
66	into	into	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	Novelle	Novelle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	72	punct	_	_
71	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
74	thence	thence	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
76	after	after	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
77	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	amod	_	_
78	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
80	to	to	PART	TO	_	81	mark	_	_
81	contribute	contribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	74	conj	_	_
82	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	83	nmod:poss	_	_
83	quota	quota	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obj	_	_
84	to	to	ADP	IN	_	87	case	_	_
85	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
86	Elizabethan	Elizabethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	87	compound	_	_
87	Drama	Drama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle |  | the collections during the Gesta popular Middle Ages *not said here* |  | Europe |  | by the titles of the Fables of Bidpai | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | Barlaam and Josaphat |  |  |  |  | extremely, popular *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pass** | participle |  | Barlaam's contents into the Exempla and the monkish preachers *not said here* |  | the one hand |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hand=Location |
| 4 | **contribute** | to-infinitive |  | Barlaam's quota | the Elizabethan Drama |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent quota=Theme to drama=Recipient |
| 5 | **title** |  |  | the Fables of Bidpai |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: of=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:** «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.

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