--- title: The credit of having begun the process is due to Miss Frere, who, wh… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The credit of having begun the process is due to Miss Frere, who, while her father was Governor of the Bombay Presidency, took down from the lips of her _ayah_, Anna de Souza, one of a Lingaet family from Goa who had been Christian for three generations, the tales she afterwards published with Mr. M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/47/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/) / 47 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24, sentence 47 The credit of having begun the process is due to Miss Frere, who, while her father was Governor of the Bombay Presidency, took down from the lips of her \_ayah\_, Anna de Souza, one of a Lingaet family from Goa who had been Christian for three generations, the tales she afterwards published with Mr. Murray in 1868, under the title, "\_Old Deccan Days, or, Indian Fairy Legends current in Southern India, collected from oral tradition by M. Frere, with an introduction and notes by Sir Bartle Frere\_." **Who acts:** credit, Miss, Lingaet family, Bartle · **What happens:** begin, be, take down, publish, collect, introduce · **To what, where:** process, Governor, Old Deccan Days, lips, tales, 1868 · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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: who acts (credit, Miss, Lingaet family, Bartle), 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:pg7128:30:47 # text = The credit of having begun the process is due to Miss Frere, who, while her father was Governor of the Bombay Presidency, took down from the lips of her _ayah_, Anna de Souza, one of a Lingaet family from Goa who had been Christian for three generations, the tales she afterwards published with Mr. Murray in 1868, under the title, "_Old Deccan Days, or, Indian Fairy Legends current in Southern India, collected from oral tradition by M. Frere, with an introduction and notes by Sir Bartle Frere_." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 process process NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 12 Frere Frere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 Governor Governor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Bombay Bombay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Presidency Presidency PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ayah ayah NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 Anna Anna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 38 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ _ 39 Souza Souza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 appos _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Lingaet Lingaet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Goa Goa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 cop _ _ 51 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 acl:relcl _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod:desc _ _ 63 Murray Murray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 1868 1868 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 under under ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 " " PUNCT `` _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 74 Deccan Deccan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 Days Day PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 77 or or CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 79 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 80 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 compound _ _ 81 Legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 nsubj _ _ 82 current current ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 83 in in ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 Southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 85 amod _ _ 85 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 82 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 87 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 82 parataxis _ _ 88 from from ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 oral oral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 90 amod _ _ 90 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obl _ _ 91 by by ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 92 M. M. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 90 nmod _ _ 93 Frere Frere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 92 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 97 punct _ _ 95 with with ADP IN _ 97 case _ _ 96 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 97 det _ _ 97 introduction introduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 conj _ _ 98 and and CCONJ CC _ 99 cc _ _ 99 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 97 conj _ _ 100 by by ADP IN _ 102 case _ _ 101 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 102 nmod:desc _ _ 102 Bartle Bartle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 97 nmod _ _ 103 Frere Frere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 102 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 104 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 87 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 105 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 106 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | gerund · perfect | the credit *not said here* | the process | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent process=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | the credit | | | | | due Miss and Governor | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | Miss and Governor | Governor | | | | of the Bombay Presidency | tree rules | | 4 | **take down** | past | Miss and Governor | Old Deccan Days | | the lips of Governor's \_ ayah | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | a Lingaet family from Goa | | | | for three generations | christian *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **publish** | participle · passive | | the tales | | 1868 | | with Murray Mr.; afterwards *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 7 | **collect** *in a quote* | participle | | | | oral tradition by M. and a introduction by Bartle Sir and notes | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from tradition=Source | | 8 | **introduce** *in a quote* | | Bartle Sir | | | | | | nom introduction «act transitive»: by=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/48/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/)