--- title: Finally, there are a couple of words in the narrative that deserve a… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Finally, there are a couple of words in the narrative that deserve a couple of words of explanation: “Widershins” is probably, as Mr. Batten suggests, analogous to the German “wider Schein,” against the appearance of the sun, “counter-clockwise” as the mathematicians say--_i.e._, W., S., E., N., ins --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/83/) [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/) / 83 # English Fairy Tales, XXI. Childe Rowland., sentence 83 Finally, there are a couple of words in the narrative that deserve a couple of words of explanation: “Widershins” is probably, as Mr. Batten suggests, analogous to the German “wider Schein,” against the appearance of the sun, “counter-clockwise” as the mathematicians say--\_i.e.\_, W., S., E., N., instead of with the sun and the hands of a clock; why it should have an unspelling influence is hard to say. **Who acts:** couple, narrative, Batten, mathematicians · **What happens:** be, deserve, say, have, word · **To what, where:** couple, unspelling influence, explanation · **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 (couple, narrative, Batten, mathematicians), 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:pg7439:71:83 # text = Finally, there are a couple of words in the narrative that deserve a couple of words of explanation: “Widershins” is probably, as Mr. Batten suggests, analogous to the German “wider Schein,” against the appearance of the sun, “counter-clockwise” as the mathematicians say--_i.e._, W., S., E., N., instead of with the sun and the hands of a clock; why it should have an unspelling influence is hard to say. 1 Finally finally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Widershins Widershin PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 25 probably probably ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Batten Batten PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 suggests suggest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 analogous analogous NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 wider wide ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 38 Schein Schein PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 41 against against ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 counter-clockwise counter-clockwise ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mathematicians mathematician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 54 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 -- -- PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 W. W. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 S. S. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 E. E. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod:desc _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 N N PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 69 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 73 case _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 69 fixed _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 conj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ; ; PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 81 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 84 advmod _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 83 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 84 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 89 advcl _ _ 85 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 86 unspelling unspelling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 amod _ _ 87 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obj _ _ 88 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 89 cop _ _ 89 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 ccomp _ _ 90 to to PART TO _ 91 mark _ _ 91 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 89 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a couple of words in the narrative | | | there | | finally *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **deserve** | present | the narrative | a couple of words of explanation | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | Batten Mr. | a couple of words in the narrative *not said here* | | | | against the appearance of the sun; probably, suggest *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the mathematicians | | | | | instead the sun and the hands of a clock; counter-clockwise *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | should | couple | a unspelling influence | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **word** | | | explanation | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/84/) - ↑ back to [XXI. Childe Rowland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/)