--- title: _Source_.--From a Scotch tale, “Nicht Nought Nothing,” collected by… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _Source_.--From a Scotch tale, “Nicht Nought Nothing,” collected by Mr. Andrew Lang in Morayshire, published by him first in _Revue Celtique_, t. iii; then in his _Custom and Myth_, p. 89; and again in _Folk-Lore_, Sept. 1890. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VII. Nix Nought Not --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/57/1/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [VII. Nix Nought Nothing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/57/) / 1 # English Fairy Tales, VII. Nix Nought Nothing., sentence 1 \_Source\_.--From a Scotch tale, “Nicht Nought Nothing,” collected by Mr. Andrew Lang in Morayshire, published by him first in \_Revue Celtique\_, t. iii; then in his \_Custom and Myth\_, p. 89; and again in \_Folk-Lore\_, Sept. 1890. **What happens:** collect, publish · **To what, where:** Scotch tale This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VII. Nix Nought Nothing.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg7439:57:1 # text = _Source_.--From a Scotch tale, “Nicht Nought Nothing,” collected by Mr. Andrew Lang in Morayshire, published by him first in _Revue Celtique_, t. iii; then in his _Custom and Myth_, p. 89; and again in _Folk-Lore_, Sept. 1890. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 .-- .-- SYM NFP _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 From from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Scotch scotch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Nicht Nicht PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 13 compound _ _ 13 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:desc _ _ 19 Andrew Andrew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 Lang Lang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Morayshire Morayshire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 advmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Revue Revue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl:agent _ _ 31 Celtique Celtique PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 t. t. X XX _ 30 list _ _ 35 iii III NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 Myth Myth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 47 89 89 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Lore Lore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 Sept. September PROPN NNP Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 59 nmod:unmarked _ _ 59 1890 1890 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** | participle | | | | | | by Andrew Mr. in Morayshire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **publish** | participle | | a Scotch tale *not said here* | | | | by Morayshire; first *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: 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: [VI. 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