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title: _Parallels_.--Another variant is given in the same _Journal_, p. 277… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: _Parallels_.--Another variant is given in the same _Journal_, p. 277, where reference is also made to a version “The Gingerbread Boy,” in _St. Nicholas_, May 1875. Who acts: Parallels. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXVIII. Johnny-cake., with its dependency tree and the pragma
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# English Fairy Tales, XXVIII. Johnny-cake., sentence 3

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\_Parallels\_.--Another variant is given in the same \_Journal\_, p. 277, where reference is also made to a version “The Gingerbread Boy,” in \_St. Nicholas\_, May 1875.

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**Who acts:** Parallels · **What happens:** give, make · **To what, where:** variant, same \_ Journal, reference, \_ Nicholas

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This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXVIII. Johnny-cake.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Parallels), 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:pg7439:78:3
# text = _Parallels_.--Another variant is given in the same _Journal_, p. 277, where reference is also made to a version “The Gingerbread Boy,” in _St. Nicholas_, May 1875.
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Parallels	parallel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.--	.--	PUNCT	NFP	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	variant	variant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Journal	Journal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	p.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	277	277	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	23	advmod	_	_
20	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
22	also	also	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	Gingerbread	Gingerbread	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod:desc	_	_
36	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod:unmarked	_	_
40	1875	1875	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	36	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive | Parallels *not said here* | another variant |  | the same \_ Journal and p. |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | reference |  | \_ Nicholas  St. |  | to a version | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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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