--- title: The earliest selection of these was the _Disciplina Clericalis_ of P… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The earliest selection of these was the _Disciplina Clericalis_ of Petrus Alphonsi, a Spanish Jew converted about 1106: his tales were to be used as seasoning for sermons, and strong seasoning they must have proved. Who acts: Spanish Jew, Jew. 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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 (Spanish Jew, Jew), 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:pg7128:30:15 # text = The earliest selection of these was the _Disciplina Clericalis_ of Petrus Alphonsi, a Spanish Jew converted about 1106: his tales were to be used as seasoning for sermons, and strong seasoning they must have proved. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 selection selection NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Disciplina Disciplina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 Clericalis Clericalis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Petrus Petrus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 Alphonsi Alphonsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Jew Jew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 converted convert VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 1106 1106 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 seasoning season VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 sermons sermon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 seasoning seasoning NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Disciplina Clericalis \_ | | | | of Petrus | tree rules | | 2 | **convert** | past | a Spanish Jew | the Disciplina Clericalis \_ *not said here* | | | | about 1106 | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent \_=Patient | | 3 | **use** | past · passive | | Jew's tales | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **season** | gerund | | | | | | for sermons | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **prove** | must · perfect · passive | | strong seasoning | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **select** | | | these | | | | | nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **tell** | | Jew | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/16/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/)