--- title: Few of the tales in the Indian literary collections could be dignifi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Few of the tales in the Indian literary collections could be dignified by the name of fairy tales, and it was clear that if these were to be traced to India, an examination of the contemporary folk-tales of the peninsula would have to be attempted. Who acts: name, examination, peninsula. 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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 (name, examination, peninsula), 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:pg7128:30:41 # text = Few of the tales in the Indian literary collections could be dignified by the name of fairy tales, and it was clear that if these were to be traced to India, an examination of the contemporary folk-tales of the peninsula would have to be attempted. 1 Few few NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 literary literary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 collections collection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 dignified dignify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 expl _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 traced trace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 advcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 examination examination NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 contemporary contemporary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 peninsula peninsula NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 csubj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 attempted attempt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dignify** | could · passive | the name of fairy tales | Few of the tales in the Indian literary collections | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the name of fairy tales *not said here* | | | | | clear *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **trace** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | these | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **have** | would | a examination of the contemporary folk tales of the peninsula | | India | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **attempt** | to-infinitive · passive | a examination of the contemporary folk tales of the peninsula *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 6 | **name** | | | fairy tales | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **examine** | | | the contemporary folk tales of the peninsula | | | | | nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **tell** | | the peninsula | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/42/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/)