--- title: It also shows the possibility of an influence of literary on oral tr… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It also shows the possibility of an influence of literary on oral tradition, as is shown by our proverb, and by the fact, which Benfey mentions, that La Fontaine's story has had influence on two of Grimm's tales, Nos. Who acts: theme, proverb, Benfey, story. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Jos --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/36/23/) [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/) / [V. the Broken Pot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/36/) / 23 # Indian Fairy Tales, V. the Broken Pot., sentence 23 It also shows the possibility of an influence of literary on oral tradition, as is shown by our proverb, and by the fact, which Benfey mentions, that La Fontaine's story has had influence on two of Grimm's tales, Nos. **Who acts:** theme, proverb, Benfey, story, Grimm · **What happens:** show, mention, have, tell · **To what, where:** possibility, fact, influence, two · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (theme, proverb, Benfey, 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:pg7128:36:23 # text = It also shows the possibility of an influence of literary on oral tradition, as is shown by our proverb, and by the fact, which Benfey mentions, that La Fontaine's story has had influence on two of Grimm's tales, Nos. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 possibility possibility NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 literary literary NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 oral oral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 proverb proverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 28 Benfey Benfey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 mentions mention VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 La La PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 Fontaine Fontaine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 35 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 38 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 Grimm Grimm PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Nos Nos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | theme | the possibility of a influence of literary on oral tradition | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent possibility=Recipient | | 2 | **show** | present · passive | our proverb | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mention** *speech: other* | present | Benfey | the fact | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 4 | **have** | present · perfect | La's story | influence of Grimm's tales | | two | | Nos *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Patient | | 5 | **tell** | | Grimm | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/36/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/36/24/) - ↑ back to [V. the Broken Pot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/36/)