--- title: Thus, the _Magic Fiddle_, found among the Santals by Mr. Campbell in… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thus, the _Magic Fiddle_, found among the Santals by Mr. Campbell in two variants (see Notes on vi.), contains the germ idea of the wide-spread story represented in Great Britain by the ballad of _Binnorie_ (see _English Fairy Tales_, No. ix.). Who acts: _ Magic Fiddle, two variants. 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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 (\_ Magic Fiddle, two variants), 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:pg7128:30:85 # text = Thus, the _Magic Fiddle_, found among the Santals by Mr. Campbell in two variants (see Notes on vi.), contains the germ idea of the wide-spread story represented in Great Britain by the ballad of _Binnorie_ (see _English Fairy Tales_, No. ix.). 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Magic Magic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Fiddle Fiddle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 10 among among ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Santals Santal PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:desc _ _ 15 Campbell Campbell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 variants variant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 Notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 vi vi X FW Foreign=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 27 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 germ germ NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 37 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 Great Great PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ _ 40 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ballad ballad NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Binnorie Binnorie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ _ 48 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 Tales Tale PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 No. no. DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 ix ix NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | participle | the \_ Magic Fiddle *not said here* | the Santals | | two variants | | by Campbell Mr. | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent santal=Topic | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | two variants *not said here* | Notes | | vi | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus | | 3 | **contain** | present | the \_ Magic Fiddle | the germ idea of the spread story | | | | thus *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme | | 4 | **spread** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **represent** | participle | | the spread story *not said here* | | | | by the ballad of Binnorie; in Great Britain | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in britain=Attribute | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | | Fairy Tales | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/86/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/30/)