--- title: Her example was followed by Miss Stokes in her _Indian Fairy Tales_… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Her example was followed by Miss Stokes in her _Indian Fairy Tales_ (London, Ellis & White, 1880), who took down her tales from two _ayahs_ and a _Khitmatgar_, all of them Bengalese--the _ayahs_ Hindus, and the man a Mohammedan. Who acts: Miss, Tales, Souza. 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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 (Miss, Tales, Souza), 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:pg7128:30:48 # text = Her example was followed by Miss Stokes in her _Indian Fairy Tales_ (London, Ellis & White, 1880), who took down her tales from two _ayahs_ and a _Khitmatgar_, all of them Bengalese--the _ayahs_ Hindus, and the man a Mohammedan. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ 7 Stokes Stokes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 Tales Tale PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Ellis Ellis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 & & CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 1880 1880 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ayahs ayah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Khitmatgar Khitmatgar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 Bengalese bengalese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ayahs ayah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Hindus Hindu PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Mohammedan Mohammedan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past · passive | Miss | Souza's example | | | | in Souza's Indian Fairy Tales a Khitmatgar and the \_ ayahs and Hindus | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in fairy=Trajectory | | 2 | **take down** | past | Tales a Khitmatgar and the \_ ayahs and Hindus | Souza's tales | | two \_ ayahs | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme | | 3 | **exemplify** | | Souza | | | | | | nom example «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 4 | **tell** | | Souza | | | | | | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/49/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/)