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title: Thence, according to Benfey, it was inserted in the _Book of Sindiba… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Thence, according to Benfey, it was inserted in the _Book of Sindibad_, another collection of Oriental Apologues framed on what may be called the Mrs. Potiphar formula. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Beth Gellert., with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every claus
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 31

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Thence, according to Benfey, it was inserted in the \_Book of Sindibad\_, another collection of Oriental Apologues framed on what may be called the Mrs. Potiphar formula.

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**What happens:** accord, insert, frame, call · **To what, where:** history, \_ Book, Oriental Apologues, Potiphar formula · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Beth Gellert.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:55:31
# text = Thence, according to Benfey, it was inserted in the _Book of Sindibad_, another collection of Oriental Apologues framed on what may be called the Mrs. Potiphar formula.
1	Thence	thence	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	Benfey	Benfey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	inserted	insert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Sindibad	Sindibad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	det	_	_
19	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	Oriental	oriental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	Apologues	apologue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	framed	frame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	23	obl	_	_
26	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl:relcl	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	Potiphar	Potiphar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	formula	formula	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **insert** | past · passive |  | history |  | the \_ Book of Sindibad and another collection of Oriental Apologues |  | accord Benfey; thence *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination |
| 3 | **frame** | participle |  | Oriental Apologues *not said here* |  | Oriental Apologues |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **call** | may · passive |  | the Potiphar formula |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |

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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.

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**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.

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