--- title: _Remarks_.--English popular tradition is curiously at variance about… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _Remarks_.--English popular tradition is curiously at variance about the magpie's nidificatory powers, for another legend given by Mr. Swainson represents her as refusing to be instructed by the birds and that is why she does _not_ make a good nest. 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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 (English popular tradition, variance, birds, that), 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:pg7439:86:5 # text = _Remarks_.--English popular tradition is curiously at variance about the magpie's nidificatory powers, for another legend given by Mr. Swainson represents her as refusing to be instructed by the birds and that is why she does _not_ make a good nest. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 .-- .-- PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 curiously curiously ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 variance variance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 magpie magpie NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 nidificatory nidificatory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 22 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:desc _ _ 25 Swainson Swainson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 represents represent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 instructed instruct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 conj _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | English popular tradition | | | variance and another legend | | about the magpie's nidificatory powers; curiously *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | participle | | another legend *not said here* | | | | by Swainson Mr. | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **represent** | present | variance and another legend | Swainson | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | | 4 | **refuse** | gerund | variance and another legend *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **instruct** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | the birds | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | present | Swainson | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **make** | infinitive | Swainson *not said here* | a good nest | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/86/4/) - next →: [XXXVII. 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