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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 (four volumes), 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:pg7885:34:31 # text = His four volumes, _Popular Tales of the West Highlands_ (Edinburgh, 1860-2, recently republished by the Islay Association), contain some 120 folk- and hero-tales, told with strict adherence to the language of the narrators, which is given with a literal, a rather too literal, English version. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 volumes volume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Tales Tale PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Highlands Highlands PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ _ 13 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Edinburgh Edinburgh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 1860-2 1860-2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 recently recently ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 republished republish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Islay Islay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Association Association PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 contain contain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 120 120 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 adherence adherence NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 narrators narrator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 literal literal NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 55 rather rather ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 too too ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 literal literal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 version version NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **republish** | participle | | Popular Tales of the West Highlands Edinburgh *not said here* | | | | by the Islay Association; recently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **contain** | infinitive | Islay's four volumes | some | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot some=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | hero tales *not said here* | | | | with strict adherence to the language of the narrators and a literal English version | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | present · passive | | the narrators | | | | with a literal | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/32/) - ↑ back to [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/)