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title: _ “Childe Harold” and Childe Wynd, _infra_, No. xxxiii.), unless thi… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: _ “Childe Harold” and Childe Wynd, _infra_, No. xxxiii.), unless this is some “survival” of Junior Right or “Borough English,” the archaic custom of letting the heirship pass to the youngest son. Who acts: this, archaic custom, Borough English. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, X
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# English Fairy Tales, XXI. Childe Rowland., sentence 6

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\_ “Childe Harold” and Childe Wynd, \_infra\_, No. xxxiii.), unless this is some “survival” of Junior Right or “Borough English,” the archaic custom of letting the heirship pass to the youngest son.

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**Who acts:** this, archaic custom, Borough English · **What happens:** be, let, pass · **To what, where:** survival, heirship

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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 (this, archaic custom, Borough English), 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:pg7439:71:6
# text = _ “Childe Harold” and Childe Wynd, _infra_, No. xxxiii.), unless this is some “survival” of Junior Right or “Borough English,” the archaic custom of letting the heirship pass to the youngest son.
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	_
2	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Harold	Harold	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	infra	infra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	No.	No.	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
15	xxxiii	xxxiii	NUM	LS	_	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	24	det	_	_
23	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	survival	survival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Junior	Junior	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	Right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	xcomp	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
30	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	Borough	Borough	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	37	punct	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	archaic	archaic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	appos	_	_
38	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
39	letting	let	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	acl	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	heirship	heirship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	46	amod	_	_
46	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | some survival |  |  |  | of Junior | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | gerund | the archaic custom *not said here* | the heirship |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heirship=Theme |
| 3 | **pass** | infinitive | Borough English |  |  |  |  | to the youngest son | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to son=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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