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title: Such a minute resemblance as this cannot be accidental, and it is th… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Such a minute resemblance as this cannot be accidental, and it is therefore probable that Milton used the original form of “Childe Rowland,” or some variant of it, as heard in his youth, and adapted it to the purposes of the masque at Ludlow Castle, and of his allegory. Who acts: minute resemblance,
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# English Fairy Tales, XXI. Childe Rowland., sentence 31

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Such a minute resemblance as this cannot be accidental, and it is therefore probable that Milton used the original form of “Childe Rowland,” or some variant of it, as heard in his youth, and adapted it to the purposes of the masque at Ludlow Castle, and of his allegory.

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**Who acts:** minute resemblance, resemblance, Milton, variant, masque · **What happens:** not be, be, use, hear, adapt, form · **To what, where:** original form, youth, form, purposes, Childe

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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 (minute resemblance, resemblance, Milton, variant), 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:pg7439:71:31
# text = Such a minute resemblance as this cannot be accidental, and it is therefore probable that Milton used the original form of “Childe Rowland,” or some variant of it, as heard in his youth, and adapted it to the purposes of the masque at Ludlow Castle, and of his allegory.
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	resemblance	resemblance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nmod	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	accidental	accidental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	appos	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	Milton	Milton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	Rowland	Rowland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	det	_	_
31	variant	variant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
36	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	adapted	adapt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	masque	masque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
50	at	at	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	Ludlow	Ludlow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
52	Castle	Castle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	allegory	allegory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | can | such minute resemblance as this |  |  |  |  | accidental *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | resemblance |  |  |  |  | probable, therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | past | Milton | the original form of Childe |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient |
| 4 | **hear** | participle | such minute resemblance as this *not said here* |  |  | Childe's youth |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **adapt** | past |  | form |  |  |  | to the purposes of the masque at Ludlow Castle *goal*; of Childe's allegory | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Patient to purpose=Goal |
| 6 | **form** |  |  | Childe |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **vary** |  | variant |  |  |  |  |  | nom variant «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 8 | **purpose** |  | the masque at Ludlow Castle |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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