--- title: It includes all the beast tales and most of the drolls, but evidence… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It includes all the beast tales and most of the drolls, but evidence is still lacking about the more serious fairy tales, though it is increasing with every fresh collection of folk-tales in India, the great importance of which is obvious from the above considerations. Who acts: nucleus, evidence. 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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 (nucleus, evidence), 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:pg7128:31:17 # text = It includes all the beast tales and most of the drolls, but evidence is still lacking about the more serious fairy tales, though it is increasing with every fresh collection of folk-tales in India, the great importance of which is obvious from the above considerations. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 includes include VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 drolls droll VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 lacking lack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 21 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 though though SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 increasing increase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 31 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obl _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 obvious obvious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 above above ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 considerations consideration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **include** | present | nucleus | all beast tales most | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme | | 2 | **droll** | present | nucleus *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lack** | present · progressive | evidence | | | | still | about the serious fairy tales | tree rules | | 4 | **increase** | present · progressive | nucleus | | | | | with every fresh collection of folk tales in India | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | the above considerations | | of the great importance; obvious *property* | tree rules | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/31/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/31/18/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/31/)