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title: In a few instances we can actually trace the passage-_e.g._, the She… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In a few instances we can actually trace the passage-_e.g._, the Shetland version was certainly brought over from Hamburg. Who acts: we. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVI. Tatty Mouse and Tatty Mouse., with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# English Fairy Tales, XVI. Tatty Mouse and Tatty Mouse., sentence 29

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In a few instances we can actually trace the passage-\_e.g.\_, the Shetland version was certainly brought over from Hamburg.

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**Who acts:** we · **What happens:** trace, bring over · **To what, where:** few instances, Shetland version, Hamburg

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This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVI. Tatty Mouse and Tatty Mouse.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we), 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:pg7439:66:29
# text = In a few instances we can actually trace the passage-_e.g._, the Shetland version was certainly brought over from Hamburg.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	instances	instance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	trace	trace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	e.g.	e.g.	ADV	FW	_	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Shetland	Shetland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
20	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
22	over	over	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Hamburg	Hamburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trace** | can | we | a few instances *not said here* |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instance=Theme |
| 2 | **bring over** | past · passive |  | the Shetland version |  | Hamburg |  | certainly, over *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from hamburg=Initial\_Location |

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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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