--- title: I may borrow from my _Æsop_, p. 93, parallel abstracts of the three… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I may borrow from my _Æsop_, p. 93, parallel abstracts of the three versions, putting Benfey's results in a graphic form, series of bars indicating the passages where the classical fables have failed to preserve the original. Who acts: I, bars, classical fables, three versions. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, bars, classical fables, three versions), 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:pg7128:46:19 # text = I may borrow from my _Æsop_, p. 93, parallel abstracts of the three versions, putting Benfey's results in a graphic form, series of bars indicating the passages where the classical fables have failed to preserve the original. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 borrow borrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Æsop Æsop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 11 93 93 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 parallel parallel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 abstracts abstract NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 21 Benfey Benfey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 results result NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 graphic graphic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 32 indicating indicate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 passages passage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 classical classical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 fables fable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 original original NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **borrow** | may | I | | | my Æsop | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from æsop=Source | | 2 | **put** | gerund | I *not said here* | Benfey's results | | a graphic form and series of bars | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent result=Theme in form=Destination | | 3 | **indicate** | gerund | bars *not said here* | the passages | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot passage=Topic | | 4 | **fail** | present · perfect | the classical fables | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **preserve** | to-infinitive | the classical fables *not said here* | the original | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent original=Beneficiary | | 6 | **abstract** | | the three versions | | | | | | nom abstract «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **result** | | Benfey | | | | | | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/46/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/46/20/) - ↑ back to [XV. the Gold-giving Serpent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/46/)