--- title: Mr. MacRitchie shows that in several instances traditions about trol… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. MacRitchie shows that in several instances traditions about trolls or “good people” have attached themselves to mounds, which have afterwards on investigation turned out to be evidently the former residence of men of smaller build than the mortals of to-day. Who acts: MacRitchie, mounds. A sente --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/57/) [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/) / 57 # English Fairy Tales, XXI. Childe Rowland., sentence 57 Mr. MacRitchie shows that in several instances traditions about trolls or “good people” have attached themselves to mounds, which have afterwards on investigation turned out to be evidently the former residence of men of smaller build than the mortals of to-day. **Who acts:** MacRitchie, mounds · **What happens:** show, attach, have, turn out, be · **To what, where:** traditions, several instances, investigation, former residence · **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 (MacRitchie, mounds), 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:pg7439:71:57 # text = Mr. MacRitchie shows that in several instances traditions about trolls or “good people” have attached themselves to mounds, which have afterwards on investigation turned out to be evidently the former residence of men of smaller build than the mortals of to-day. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 MacRitchie MacRitchie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 instances instance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 8 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 18 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 mounds mound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 investigation investigation NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 31 evidently evidently ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 residence residence NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 amod _ _ 39 build build NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 mortals mortal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | MacRitchie Mr. | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **attach** | present · perfect · passive | | traditions about trolls or good people | | several instances | | to mounds | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | mounds | | | investigation | | afterwards *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn out** | participle | | investigation *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the former residence | | | | of men of smaller build than the mortals of day; evidently *property* | tree rules | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/58/) - ↑ back to [XXI. 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