--- title: The play has besides this the themes of the Thankful Dead, the Three… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The play has besides this the themes of the Thankful Dead, the Three Heads of the Well (which see), the Life Index, and a transformation, so that it is not to be wondered at if some of the traits of “Childe Rowland” are observed in it. Who acts: play, Well. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Jos --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/26/) [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/) / [XXI. Childe Rowland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/) / 26 # English Fairy Tales, XXI. Childe Rowland., sentence 26 The play has besides this the themes of the Thankful Dead, the Three Heads of the Well (which see), the Life Index, and a transformation, so that it is not to be wondered at if some of the traits of “Childe Rowland” are observed in it. **Who acts:** play, Well · **What happens:** have, see, not be, observe · **To what, where:** themes, play, some This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Childe Rowland.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (play, Well), 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:pg7439:71:26 # text = The play has besides this the themes of the Thankful Dead, the Three Heads of the Well (which see), the Life Index, and a transformation, so that it is not to be wondered at if some of the traits of “Childe Rowland” are observed in it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 besides besides ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 themes theme NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Thankful Thankful PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Dead Dead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Three Three PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Well Well PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Index Index PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 transformation transformation NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 wondered wonder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 traits trait NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Childe Childe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 Rowland Rowland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 51 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the play | this themes of the Thankful Dead and the Three Heads of the Well and the Life Index | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theme=Patient | | 2 | **see** | present | the Well and the Life Index | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **is** | present · passive | | play | | | | wonder *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **observe** | present · passive | | some | | play | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/27/) - ↑ back to [XXI. Childe Rowland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/)