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title: I have given a rough summary of the chief critical results in the in… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: I have given a rough summary of the chief critical results in the introduction to my edition of the earliest English version of the _Fables of Bidpai_, by Sir Thomas North, of Plutarch fame (London, D. Nutt, "Bibliothèque de Carabas," 1888), where I have given an elaborate genealogical table of the 
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# Indian Fairy Tales, V. the Broken Pot., sentence 17

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I have given a rough summary of the chief critical results in the introduction to my edition of the earliest English version of the \_Fables of Bidpai\_, by Sir Thomas North, of Plutarch fame (London, D. Nutt, "Bibliothèque de Carabas," 1888), where I have given an elaborate genealogical table of the multitudinous versions.

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**Who acts:** I · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** rough summary, edition, elaborate genealogical table

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, V. the Broken Pot.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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:pg7128:36:17
# text = I have given a rough summary of the chief critical results in the introduction to my edition of the earliest English version of the _Fables of Bidpai_, by Sir Thomas North, of Plutarch fame (London, D. Nutt, "Bibliothèque de Carabas," 1888), where I have given an elaborate genealogical table of the multitudinous versions.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	summary	summary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	critical	critical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	edition	edition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	22	amod	_	_
21	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	Fables	fable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Bidpai	Bidpai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	by	by	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod:desc	_	_
33	Thomas	Thomas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
34	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	Plutarch	plutarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
39	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	D.	D.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
43	Nutt	Nutt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	Bibliothèque	Bibliothèque	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
47	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	flat	_	_
48	Carabas	Carabas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	_
51	1888	1888	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	33	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	57	advmod	_	_
55	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
56	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
58	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
59	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
60	genealogical	genealogical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	multitudinous	multitudinous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	versions	version	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · perfect | I | a rough summary of the chief critical results in the introduction | my edition of the earliest English version of the Fables of Bidpai |  |  | by Thomas  Sir and Plutarch fame and Bibliothèque | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent summary=Theme to edition=Recipient |
| 2 | **give** | present · perfect | I | a elaborate genealogical table of the multitudinous versions |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme |

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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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