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title: But the most cursory examination of the sets of tales containing the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: But the most cursory examination of the sets of tales containing these incidents in Mr. Frazer's analyses shows that many, indeed the majority, of these tales cannot be independent of one another; for they contain not alone the incident of an external materialised soul, but the further point that th
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# Indian Fairy Tales, IV. Punchkin., sentence 14

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But the most cursory examination of the sets of tales containing these incidents in Mr. Frazer's analyses shows that many, indeed the majority, of these tales cannot be independent of one another; for they contain not alone the incident of an external materialised soul, but the further point that this is contained in something else, which is enclosed in another thing, which is again surrounded by a wrapper.

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**Who acts:** tales, cursory examination, further point, wrapper, Frazer · **What happens:** contain, show, not be, not contain, materialise, enclose · **To what, where:** incidents, analyses, majority, incident, this, something

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, IV. Punchkin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tales, cursory examination, further point, wrapper), 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:pg7128:35:14
# text = But the most cursory examination of the sets of tales containing these incidents in Mr. Frazer's analyses shows that many, indeed the majority, of these tales cannot be independent of one another; for they contain not alone the incident of an external materialised soul, but the further point that this is contained in something else, which is enclosed in another thing, which is again surrounded by a wrapper.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	cursory	cursory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sets	set	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	incidents	incident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:desc	_	_
16	Frazer	Frazer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	analyses	analysis	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
19	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	that	that	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	29	det	_	_
29	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj	_	_
30	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	33	advmod	_	_
32	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	cop	_	_
33	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	acl:relcl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	33	obl	_	_
36	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	35	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
41	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	40	advmod	_	_
42	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
47	external	external	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
48	materialised	materialise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	amod	_	_
49	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	parataxis	_	_
55	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
56	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	58	nsubj:pass	_	_
57	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux:pass	_	_
58	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	acl	_	_
59	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	58	obl	_	_
61	else	else	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
63	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	65	nsubj:pass	_	_
64	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	65	aux:pass	_	_
65	enclosed	enclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	60	acl	_	_
66	in	in	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	68	det	_	_
68	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
70	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	73	nsubj:pass	_	_
71	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	73	aux:pass	_	_
72	again	again	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
73	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	68	acl	_	_
74	by	by	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	wrapper	wrapper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | gerund | tales *not said here* | this incidents |  | Frazer  Mr.'s analyses |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent incident=Value in analysis=Location |
| 2 | **show** | present | the cursory examination of the sets of tales |  |  |  |  | that many | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** | can | this tales | the majority *not said here* |  |  |  | of one; independent *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **contain** | present | tales *= tale* | the incident of a external materialised soul |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot incident=Theme |
| 5 | **materialise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **contain** | present · passive | the further point *not said here* | this |  | something |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in something=Location |
| 7 | **enclose** | present · passive |  |  |  | another thing |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |
| 8 | **surround** | present · passive | a wrapper | another thing |  |  | again |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 9 | **examine** |  |  | the sets of tales |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **analyze** |  | Frazer  Mr. |  |  |  |  |  | nom analysis «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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