--- title: _Remarks_.--As an example of the sun-myth explanation of folk-tales… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _Remarks_.--As an example of the sun-myth explanation of folk-tales I will quote the same authority (p. 314): “The Master, who gives the three precious gifts, is the All Father, the Supreme Spirit. Who acts: I, Master, folk tales. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXXIX. Ass, Tab --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/89/8/) [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/) / [XXXIX. Ass, Table and Stick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/89/) / 8 # English Fairy Tales, XXXIX. Ass, Table and Stick., sentence 8 \_Remarks\_.--As an example of the sun-myth explanation of folk-tales I will quote the same authority (p. 314): “The Master, who gives the three precious gifts, is the All Father, the Supreme Spirit. **Who acts:** I, Master, folk tales · **What happens:** quote, give, be, exemplify, explain · **To what, where:** same authority, three precious gifts, Father, myth explanation · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXXIX. Ass, Table and Stick.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Master, folk tales), 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:pg7439:89:8 # text = _Remarks_.--As an example of the sun-myth explanation of folk-tales I will quote the same authority (p. 314): “The Master, who gives the three precious gifts, is the All Father, the Supreme Spirit. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 .-- .-- SYM NFP _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 As as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 quote quote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 314 314 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Supreme Supreme ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quote** *speech: other* | future | I | the same authority | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present | the Master | the three precious gifts | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the Father and the Supreme Spirit | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **exemplify** | | | the myth explanation of folk tales | | | | | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **explain** | | folk tales | | | | | | nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/89/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/89/9/) - ↑ back to [XXXIX. Ass, Table and Stick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/89/)