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title: In this particular case we may be doubtful; but in others, again--as… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In this particular case we may be doubtful; but in others, again--as the incident of the rat's tail up nose (see Notes on _The Charmed Ring_)--there can be little doubt of the Indian origin. Who acts: we, you. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 25
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 25, sentence 1

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In this particular case we may be doubtful; but in others, again--as the incident of the rat's tail up nose (see Notes on \_The Charmed Ring\_)--there can be little doubt of the Indian origin.

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**Who acts:** we, you · **What happens:** be, see, charm · **To what, where:** particular case, Notes, Charmed Ring, doubtful little doubt

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, you), 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:pg7128:31:1
# text = In this particular case we may be doubtful; but in others, again--as the incident of the rat's tail up nose (see Notes on _The Charmed Ring_)--there can be little doubt of the Indian origin.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	doubtful	doubtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
24	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
25	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
26	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
28	Notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Charmed	charm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	Ring	Ring	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	39	expl	_	_
38	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	cop	_	_
40	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	41	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | we |  |  | this particular case | again | doubtful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive |  | Notes |  | the Charmed Ring |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus |
| 3 | **charm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is a** | imperative | you *not said here* | doubtful little doubt |  |  |  | of the Indian origin | tree rules |

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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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