--- title: I say Buddhist missionaries, because there is a certain amount of ev… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I say Buddhist missionaries, because there is a certain amount of evidence that the negroes have Buddhistic symbols among them, and we can only explain the identification of Brer Rabbit with Prince Five Weapons, and so with Buddha himself, by supposing the change to have originated among Buddhists, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/14/) [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/) / [XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/) / 14 # Indian Fairy Tales, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair., sentence 14 I say Buddhist missionaries, because there is a certain amount of evidence that the negroes have Buddhistic symbols among them, and we can only explain the identification of Brer Rabbit with Prince Five Weapons, and so with Buddha himself, by supposing the change to have originated among Buddhists, where it would be quite natural. **Who acts:** I, certain amount, negroes, we, Buddha, amount · **What happens:** say, be, have, explain, suppose, originate · **To what, where:** Buddhist missionaries, Buddhistic symbols, identification, change, evidence, Brer Rabbit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, certain amount, negroes, we), 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:pg7128:56:14 # text = I say Buddhist missionaries, because there is a certain amount of evidence that the negroes have Buddhistic symbols among them, and we can only explain the identification of Brer Rabbit with Prince Five Weapons, and so with Buddha himself, by supposing the change to have originated among Buddhists, where it would be quite natural. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Buddhist buddhist ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 missionaries missionary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 amount amount NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 negroes negro NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl _ _ 18 Buddhistic buddhistic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 symbols symbol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 among among ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 identification identification NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 Weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 44 by by SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 supposing suppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 49 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux _ _ 50 originated originate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 51 among among ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Buddhists Buddhist PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 59 advmod _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 56 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 58 quite quite ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | Buddhist missionaries | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent missionary=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | a certain amount of evidence | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | present | the negroes | Buddhistic symbols | | | | among missionaries *= missionary* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent symbol=Patient | | 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* | can | we | the identification of Brer Rabbit | | | | with Prince | tree rules | | 5 | **suppose** | gerund | Buddha Prince *not said here* | the change | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent change=Attribute | | 6 | **originate** | to-infinitive · perfect | Buddha Prince *not said here* | the change *not said here* | | | | among Buddhists | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | would | amount | | | | | natural *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **amount** | | | evidence | | | | | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **identify** | | | Brer Rabbit | | | | | nom identification «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/15/) - ↑ back to [XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/)