--- title: I have Anglicised the Scotticisms, eliminated an unnecessary ox-herd… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I have Anglicised the Scotticisms, eliminated an unnecessary ox-herd and swine-herd, who lose their heads for directing the Childe, and I have called the Erlkönig's lair the Dark Tower on the strength of the description and of Shakespeare's reference. Who acts: I, unnecessary ox herd, Shakespeare. A --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/3/) [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/) / 3 # English Fairy Tales, XXI. Childe Rowland., sentence 3 I have Anglicised the Scotticisms, eliminated an unnecessary ox-herd and swine-herd, who lose their heads for directing the Childe, and I have called the Erlkönig's lair the Dark Tower on the strength of the description and of Shakespeare's reference. **Who acts:** I, unnecessary ox herd, Shakespeare · **What happens:** anglicise, eliminate, lose, direct, call, refer · **To what, where:** Scotticisms, unnecessary ox herd, heads, Childe, lair, strength · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (I, unnecessary ox herd, 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:pg7439:71:3 # text = I have Anglicised the Scotticisms, eliminated an unnecessary ox-herd and swine-herd, who lose their heads for directing the Childe, and I have called the Erlkönig's lair the Dark Tower on the strength of the description and of Shakespeare's reference. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 Anglicised anglicise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Scotticisms scotticism NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 eliminated eliminate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 unnecessary unnecessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 swine swine NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 directing direct VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Childe Childe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Erlkönig Erlkönig PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 lair lair NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 Dark Dark ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 37 compound _ _ 37 Tower Tower PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 Shakespeare Shakespeare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **anglicise** | present · perfect | I | the Scotticisms | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eliminate** | past | I *not said here* | a unnecessary ox herd and swine herd | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=Patient | | 3 | **lose** | present | a unnecessary ox herd and swine herd | herd's heads | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality | | 4 | **direct** | gerund | a unnecessary ox herd and swine herd *not said here* | the Childe | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent childe=Theme | | 5 | **call** | present · perfect | I | the Erlkönig's lair | | the strength of the description and Shakespeare's reference | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **refer** | | Shakespeare | | | | | | nom reference «communication transitive»: poss=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/4/) - ↑ back to [XXI. Childe Rowland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/)