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title: The usual form of discovery of the thieves is for the Dr. Knowall to… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The usual form of discovery of the thieves is for the Dr. Knowall to have so many days given him to discover the thieves, and at the end of the first day he calls out, "There's one of them," meaning the days, just as one of the thieves peeps through at him. Who acts: usual form, many days, Dr., one.
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# Indian Fairy Tales, XI. Harisarman., sentence 9

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The usual form of discovery of the thieves is for the Dr. Knowall to have so many days given him to discover the thieves, and at the end of the first day he calls out, "There's one of them," meaning the days, just as one of the thieves peeps through at him.

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**Who acts:** usual form, many days, Dr., one · **What happens:** be, give, discover, call out, mean, peep · **To what, where:** Dr., thieves, discovery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (usual form, many days, Dr., one), 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:pg7128:42:9
# text = The usual form of discovery of the thieves is for the Dr. Knowall to have so many days given him to discover the thieves, and at the end of the first day he calls out, "There's one of them," meaning the days, just as one of the thieves peeps through at him.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:outer	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:desc	_	_
13	Knowall	Knowall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	discover	discover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	33	amod	_	_
33	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
36	out	out	ADP	RP	_	35	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	40	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
41	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	40	nsubj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	_
46	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	40	advcl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	just	just	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
51	as	as	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	56	nsubj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	_
56	peeps	peep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	ccomp	_	_
57	through	through	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	at	at	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the usual form of discovery of the thieves |  |  |  | day | have *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle | many days *not said here* | Dr. |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **discover** | to-infinitive | many days *not said here* | the thieves |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Topic |
| 4 | **call out** *speech: assert* | present | Dr. |  |  |  | at the end of the first day |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at end=Stimulus |
| 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one of thieves |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **mean** | gerund | one of thieves *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **peep** | present | one of the thieves |  |  |  |  | through Dr. | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through he=Theme |
| 8 | **form** |  |  | discovery of the thieves |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **discover** |  |  | the thieves |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act 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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