--- title: The thorn in the tiger's foot is especially common (Temple, _l. c._,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The thorn in the tiger's foot is especially common (Temple, _l. c._, 6, 9), and recalls the story of Androclus, which occurs in the derivates of Phædrus, and may thus be Indian in origin (see Benfey, _Panschatantra_, i. 211, and the parallels given in my _Æsop_, Ro. iii. Who acts: thorn, story. A se --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/33/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [II. Princess Labam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/33/) / 9 # Indian Fairy Tales, II. Princess Labam., sentence 9 The thorn in the tiger's foot is especially common (Temple, \_l. c.\_, 6, 9), and recalls the story of Androclus, which occurs in the derivates of Phædrus, and may thus be Indian in origin (see Benfey, \_Panschatantra\_, i. 211, and the parallels given in my \_Æsop\_, Ro. iii. **Who acts:** thorn, story · **What happens:** be, recall, occur, see, give · **To what, where:** story, derivates, origin, Benfey, parallels This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, II. Princess Labam.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thorn, story), 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:pg7128:33:9 # text = The thorn in the tiger's foot is especially common (Temple, _l. c._, 6, 9), and recalls the story of Androclus, which occurs in the derivates of Phædrus, and may thus be Indian in origin (see Benfey, _Panschatantra_, i. 211, and the parallels given in my _Æsop_, Ro. iii. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 especially especially ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Temple Temple PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 l. l. NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 c. c. NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 recalls recall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Androclus Androclus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 occurs occur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 derivates derivate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Phædrus Phædrus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 thus thus ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 48 Benfey Benfey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Panschatantra Panschatantra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 i. i. X FW Foreign=Yes 55 nsubj _ _ 55 211 211 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 48 list _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 parallels parallel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 60 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 Æsop Æsop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 65 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 Ro Ro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ _ 69 iii III NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the thorn in the tiger's foot | | | | | Temple *obl*; l. c. *obl*; iii *obl*; common, especially *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **recall** | present | | the story of Androclus | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 3 | **occur** | present | the story of Androclus | | | the derivates of Phædrus | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in derivate=Location | | 4 | **is** | may | the thorn in the tiger's foot *not said here* | | | origin | | indian, thus *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | | Benfey | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer benfey=Stimulus | | 6 | **give** | participle | | the parallels *not said here* | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/33/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/33/10/) - ↑ back to [II. 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