--- title: I venture to predict that the Tar Baby story will be found in Madaga… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I venture to predict that the Tar Baby story will be found in Madagascar in a form nearer the Indian than Uncle Remus, and I will go further, and say that it will _not_ be found in the grand Helsingfors collection of folk-tales, though this includes 12,000, of which 1000 are beast-tales. 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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, form, this), 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:pg7128:56:38 # text = I venture to predict that the Tar Baby story will be found in Madagascar in a form nearer the Indian than Uncle Remus, and I will go further, and say that it will _not_ be found in the grand Helsingfors collection of folk-tales, though this includes 12,000, of which 1000 are beast-tales. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 venture venture VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 predict predict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 Tar Tar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Baby Baby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Madagascar Madagascar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 amod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 29 further further ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 _ _ VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 _ _ PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Helsingfors Helsingfor PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 compound _ _ 45 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 though though SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 53 includes include VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 54 12,000 12,000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 58 1000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 59 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 60 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **venture** | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **predict** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic | | 3 | **find** | future · passive | | the Baby story | | Madagascar | | in a form | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **go** | future | I | | | | | further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **\_** | future | form | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **find** | infinitive · passive | form *not said here* | | | the Helsingfors collection of folk tales | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | | 8 | **include** | present | this | 12,000 | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 12,000=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | present | | 1000 beast tales | | | | | tree rules | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/37/) - next →: [XXVI. the Ivory Palace., 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/57/1/) - ↑ back to [XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/)