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title: But the most famous collection of this kind was that known as GESTA… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: But the most famous collection of this kind was that known as GESTA ROMANORUM, much of which was certainly derived from Oriental and ultimately Indian sources, and so might more appropriately be termed _Gesta Indorum_. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24, sentence 17

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But the most famous collection of this kind was that known as GESTA ROMANORUM, much of which was certainly derived from Oriental and ultimately Indian sources, and so might more appropriately be termed \_Gesta Indorum\_.

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**What happens:** know, derive, term · **To what, where:** famous collection, much, Oriental, Gesta

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24. 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.

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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:pg7128:30:17
# text = But the most famous collection of this kind was that known as GESTA ROMANORUM, much of which was certainly derived from Oriental and ultimately Indian sources, and so might more appropriately be termed _Gesta Indorum_.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	that	that	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	GESTA	GESTA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	ROMANORUM	ROMANORUM	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nmod	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
20	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Oriental	Oriental	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
30	so	so	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
31	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
32	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	33	advmod	_	_
33	appropriately	appropriately	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
34	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	termed	term	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
36	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	Gesta	Gesta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	Indorum	Indorum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past · passive |  | the famous collection of this kind |  |  |  | as GESTA; that *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as gesta=Attribute |
| 2 | **derive** | past · passive |  | much |  | Oriental and Indian sources |  | certainly *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from oriental=Material |
| 3 | **term** | might · passive |  | Gesta |  |  |  | appropriately *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: gesta=Result |

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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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