--- title: In one case I have endeavoured to retain this form, as the tale in w… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In one case I have endeavoured to retain this form, as the tale in which it occurs, “Childe Rowland,” is mentioned by Shakespeare in _King Lear_, and is probably, as I have shown, the source of Milton's _Comus_. Who acts: I, form, Shakespeare. 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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, Shakespeare), 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:pg7439:3:32 # text = In one case I have endeavoured to retain this form, as the tale in which it occurs, “Childe Rowland,” is mentioned by Shakespeare in _King Lear_, and is probably, as I have shown, the source of Milton's _Comus_. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 endeavoured endeavour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 occurs occur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Childe Childe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 Rowland Rowland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Shakespeare Shakespeare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Lear Lear PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 probably probably ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 Milton Milton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Comus Comus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endeavour** | present · perfect | I | | | one case | | | tree rules | | 2 | **retain** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | this form | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **occur** | present | form | Childe | | the tale | | | tree rules | | 4 | **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive | Shakespeare | the tale | | King Lear | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | probably *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **show** | present · perfect | I | the source of Milton's \_ | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/3/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/3/33/) - ↑ back to [\_to My Dear Little May\_](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/3/)