--- title: Mr. Baring-Gould, who was one of the pioneers of the study of folk-t… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Baring-Gould, who was one of the pioneers of the study of folk-tales in this country, has given a large number of instances of “the pre-ordained marriage” in folk-tales in Henderson, _l.c. Who acts: Baring. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baring), 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:pg7439:85:9 # text = Mr. Baring-Gould, who was one of the pioneers of the study of folk-tales in this country, has given a large number of instances of “the pre-ordained marriage” in folk-tales in Henderson, _l.c. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Baring Baring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Gould Gould PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pioneers pioneer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 instances instance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 pre-ordained pre-ordained ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Henderson Henderson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 l.c l.c NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Baring Mr. and Gould | one | | | | of the pioneers of the study of folk tales in this country | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present · perfect · passive | | Baring Mr. and Gould | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient number=Theme | | 3 | **study** | | | folk tales in this country | | | | | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **instance** | | | the pre-ordained marriage in folk tales in Henderson and l.c | | | | | nom instance «event 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/85/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/85/10/) - ↑ back to [XXXV. the Fish and the Ring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/85/)