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title: In a somewhat elaborate discussion[1] I have come to the conclusion… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In a somewhat elaborate discussion[1] I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Æsop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha. Who acts: 
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Joseph Jacobs, sentence 24

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In a somewhat elaborate discussion\[1\] I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Æsop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha.

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**Who acts:** I, fables, conclusion · **What happens:** come, pass, derive, utilise, name · **To what, where:** elaborate discussion, name, goodly number, India, same tales, Jatakas

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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 (I, fables, conclusion), 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:pg7128:3:24
# text = In a somewhat elaborate discussion[1] I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Æsop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	goodly	goodly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	fables	fable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
24	under	under	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	Samian	samian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
36	from	from	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
40	from	from	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
44	whence	whence	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	49	advmod	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	utilised	utilise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	advcl	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	Jatakas	jataka	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	Birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	conj	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · perfect | I |  |  | a elaborate discussion |  | to the conclusion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to conclusion=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **pass** | present | the fables |  |  | the name of the Samian slave |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under name=Location |
| 3 | **derive** | past · passive | the conclusion *not said here* | a goodly number of the fables |  | India |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from india=Material |
| 4 | **utilise** | past · passive |  | the same tales |  | the Jatakas or Birth stories of Buddha |  | whence *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **name** |  |  | the Samian slave |  |  |  |  | nom name «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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