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title: The chief of these are: (1) for the East, the Midrashic version ("Li… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The chief of these are: (1) for the East, the Midrashic version ("Lion and Egyptian Partridge"), in the great Rabbinic commentary on Genesis (_Bereshith-rabba_, c. 64); (2) in classical antiquity, Phædrus, i. 8 ("Wolf and Crane"), and Babrius, 94 ("Wolf and Heron"), and the Greek proverb Suidas, ii.
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# Indian Fairy Tales, I. the Lion and the Crane., sentence 10

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The chief of these are: (1) for the East, the Midrashic version ("Lion and Egyptian Partridge"), in the great Rabbinic commentary on Genesis (\_Bereshith-rabba\_, c. 64); (2) in classical antiquity, Phædrus, i. 8 ("Wolf and Crane"), and Babrius, 94 ("Wolf and Heron"), and the Greek proverb Suidas, ii.

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**What happens:** be · **To what, where:** chief

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, I. the Lion and the Crane.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg7128:32:10
# text = The chief of these are: (1) for the East, the Midrashic version ("Lion and Egyptian Partridge"), in the great Rabbinic commentary on Genesis (_Bereshith-rabba_, c. 64); (2) in classical antiquity, Phædrus, i. 8 ("Wolf and Crane"), and Babrius, 94 ("Wolf and Heron"), and the Greek proverb Suidas, ii.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Midrashic	Midrashic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
17	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	Partridge	Partridge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
28	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
29	Rabbinic	Rabbinic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	commentary	commentary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
31	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	Bereshith	Bereshith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	rabba	rabba	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	c.	c.	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	appos	_	_
41	64	64	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	40	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
44	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	49	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	45	punct	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	classical	classical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
51	Phædrus	Phædrus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	i.	i.	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	54	nsubj	_	_
54	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	49	appos	_	_
55	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	appos	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	Crane	Crane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	Babrius	Babrius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
66	94	94	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	64	appos	_	_
67	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	appos	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	Heron	Heron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	79	cc	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
77	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	amod	_	_
78	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nmod:desc	_	_
79	Suidas	Suidas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
81	ii	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	79	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the chief and classical antiquity |  |  |  | of these; for the East | 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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