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title: Under these circumstances, it may be of interest to compare with Mr.… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Under these circumstances, it may be of interest to compare with Mr. Batten's conception of the Crane and the Crab (_supra_, p. 50) that of the German artist who illustrated the first edition of the Latin Bidpai, probably following the traditional representations of the MS., which itself could proba
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# Indian Fairy Tales, VII. the Cruel Crane Outwitted., sentence 13

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Under these circumstances, it may be of interest to compare with Mr. Batten's conception of the Crane and the Crab (\_supra\_, p. 50) that of the German artist who illustrated the first edition of the Latin Bidpai, probably following the traditional representations of the MS., which itself could probably trace back to India.

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**Who acts:** few, German artist, Batten · **What happens:** be, compare, illustrate, follow, trace, conceive · **To what, where:** first edition, traditional representations, Crane, MS.

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VII. the Cruel Crane Outwitted.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (few, German artist, Batten), 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:pg7128:38:13
# text = Under these circumstances, it may be of interest to compare with Mr. Batten's conception of the Crane and the Crab (_supra_, p. 50) that of the German artist who illustrated the first edition of the Latin Bidpai, probably following the traditional representations of the MS., which itself could probably trace back to India.
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:desc	_	_
14	Batten	Batten	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	conception	conception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Crane	Crane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	supra	supra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	p.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod:unmarked	_	_
29	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	29	punct	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	nsubj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
36	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
37	illustrated	illustrate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	40	amod	_	_
40	edition	edition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	Bidpai	Bidpai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	advcl	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	traditional	traditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	representations	representation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	MS.	MS.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
55	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	obj	_	_
56	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	59	nsubj	_	_
57	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
59	trace	trace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	conj	_	_
60	back	back	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | few |  |  |  |  | of interest | tree rules |
| 2 | **compare** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with Batten  Mr.'s conception of the Crane  50  p. and the Crab and the German artist | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with conception=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **illustrate** | past | the German artist | the first edition of the Latin Bidpai |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edition=Destination |
| 4 | **follow** | gerund | the German artist *not said here* | the traditional representations of the MS. |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent representation=Theme |
| 5 | **trace** | could | few | the traditional representations of the MS. |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 6 | **conceive** |  | Batten  Mr. | the Crane  50  p. and the Crab |  |  |  |  | nom conception «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 7 | **represent** |  |  | the MS. |  |  |  |  | nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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