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title: The most remarkable of the parallels is that afforded by the Grimms'… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The most remarkable of the parallels is that afforded by the Grimms' "Doctor Allwissend" (No. 98), which extends even to such a minute point as his exclamation, "Ach, ich armer Krebs," whereupon a crab is discovered under a dish. Who acts: Allwissend, No.. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Josep
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# Indian Fairy Tales, XI. Harisarman., sentence 8

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The most remarkable of the parallels is that afforded by the Grimms' "Doctor Allwissend" (No. 98), which extends even to such a minute point as his exclamation, "Ach, ich armer Krebs," whereupon a crab is discovered under a dish.

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**Who acts:** Allwissend, No. · **What happens:** afford, extend, discover, exclaim · **To what, where:** remarkable, minute point, crab, dish

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XI. Harisarman.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Allwissend, No.), 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:pg7128:42:8
# text = The most remarkable of the parallels is that afforded by the Grimms' "Doctor Allwissend" (No. 98), which extends even to such a minute point as his exclamation, "Ach, ich armer Krebs," whereupon a crab is discovered under a dish.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	remarkable	remarkable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parallels	parallel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	afforded	afford	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Grimms	Grimm	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Doctor	Doctor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:desc	_	_
16	Allwissend	Allwissend	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	No.	No.	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
20	98	98	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	extends	extend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
25	even	even	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
27	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	30	det:predet	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
31	as	as	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	Ach	ach	INTJ	UH	_	24	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	ich	ich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	armer	armer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	_
40	Krebs	Krebs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	_
43	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	47	advmod	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
48	under	under	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afford** | present · passive |  | the remarkable of the parallels |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **extend** | present | Allwissend  Doctor | such minute point |  |  |  | as No.'s exclamation | vn body\_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent point=Theme |
| 3 | **discover** | present · passive |  | a crab |  | a dish |  | whereupon *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 4 | **exclaim** |  | No. |  |  |  |  |  | nom exclamation «communication 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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