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title: In one of the legends about Virgil he summoned a number of demons, w… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In one of the legends about Virgil he summoned a number of demons, who would have torn him to pieces if he had not set them at work (J. S. Tunison, _Master Virgil_, Cincinnati, 1888, p. 30). Who acts: Friar. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XV. Master and Pupil, with its depende
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# English Fairy Tales, XV. Master and Pupil, sentence 8

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In one of the legends about Virgil he summoned a number of demons, who would have torn him to pieces if he had not set them at work (J. S. Tunison, \_Master Virgil\_, Cincinnati, 1888, p. 30).

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**Who acts:** Friar · **What happens:** summon, tear, not set · **To what, where:** number, demons, pieces, work

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This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XV. Master and Pupil. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Friar), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7439:65:8
# text = In one of the legends about Virgil he summoned a number of demons, who would have torn him to pieces if he had not set them at work (J. S. Tunison, _Master Virgil_, Cincinnati, 1888, p. 30).
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Virgil	virgil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	summoned	summon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux	_	_
18	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
22	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
24	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
27	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	J.	J.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
32	S.	S.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	flat	_	_
33	Tunison	Tunison	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
35	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
37	Virgil	Virgil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	1888	1888	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	31	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	p.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
45	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	44	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | past | Friar | a number of demons |  |  |  | in one of the legends about Virgil | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |
| 2 | **tear** | would · perfect · passive |  | demons |  |  |  | to pieces | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient he=Result |
| 3 | **not** **set** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Friar | pieces *= piece* |  | work |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme at work=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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