--- title: The most remarkable parallel to this incident, however, is afforded… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The most remarkable parallel to this incident, however, is afforded by the feats of Indian jugglers reported briefly by Marco Polo, and illustrated with his usual wealth of learning by the late Sir Henry Yule, in his edition, vol. i. p. 308 _seq. Who acts: feats, usual wealth. 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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 (feats, usual wealth), 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:pg7885:50:6 # text = The most remarkable parallel to this incident, however, is afforded by the feats of Indian jugglers reported briefly by Marco Polo, and illustrated with his usual wealth of learning by the late Sir Henry Yule, in his edition, vol. i. p. 308 _seq. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 3 advmod _ _ 3 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 parallel parallel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 incident incident NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 however however ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 afforded afford VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 feats feat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 jugglers juggler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 briefly briefly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Marco Marco PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 Polo Polo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 illustrated illustrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 of of SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 learning learn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:desc _ _ 37 Henry Henry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 Yule Yule PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 edition edition NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 vol. vol. NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 i. i. X FW Foreign=Yes 44 dep _ _ 46 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 list _ _ 47 308 308 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 flat _ _ 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 seq seq NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **afford** | present · passive | the feats of Indian jugglers | the remarkable parallel to this incident | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **report** | participle | | Indian jugglers *not said here* | | | | by Marco; briefly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **illustrate** | participle | the feats of Indian jugglers *not said here* | | | | | with Marco's usual wealth | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with wealth=Theme | | 4 | **learn** | gerund | Marco's usual wealth *not said here* | | | | | by the late Henry Sir | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/50/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/50/7/) - ↑ back to [XVI. the Story-teller At Fault.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/50/)