More English Fairy Tales, Macleod. Campbell. Sinclair. Curtin., sentence 56
But the other two, Curtin's and Sinclair's, one collected in Ireland and the other in Scotland, both continue the formula with the conclusion of the Sea Maiden tale (on which see the Notes of my _Celtic Fairy Tales_, No. xvii.).
Who acts: Maiden tale, my · What happens: collect, continue, see, conclude, tell · To what, where: Ireland, formula, Notes, Maiden tale · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Macleod. Campbell. Sinclair. Curtin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Maiden tale, my), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 two | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 two | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 two | amod |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Sinclair | punct |
| 6 | Curtin | Curtin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Sinclair | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Curtin | case |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 Sinclair | cc |
| 9 | Sinclair | Sinclair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 two | appos |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Sinclair | case |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 Sinclair | appos |
| 13 | collected | collect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 one | acl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 Ireland | case |
| 15 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 collected | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 other | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 other | det |
| 18 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 collected | conj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 Scotland | case |
| 20 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 other | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 continue | punct |
| 22 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 23 continue | cc:preconj |
| 23 | continue | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 collected | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 formula | det |
| 25 | formula | formula | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 continue | obj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 conclusion | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 conclusion | det |
| 28 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 formula | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 tale | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 tale | det |
| 31 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Maiden | compound |
| 32 | Maiden | Maiden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 tale | compound |
| 33 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 conclusion | nmod |
| 34 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 37 see | punct |
| 35 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 which | case |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 see | nsubj |
| 37 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 tale | acl:relcl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Notes | det |
| 39 | Notes | Note | PROPN | Number=Plur | 37 see | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Tales | case |
| 41 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 Tales | nmod:poss |
| 42 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 45 Tales | punct |
| 43 | Celtic | celtic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 Tales | amod |
| 44 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 Tales | compound |
| 45 | Tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 Notes | nmod |
| 46 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 39 Notes | punct |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 xvii | punct |
| 48 | No. | no. | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 xvii | det |
| 49 | xvii | xvii | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 formula | conj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 51 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 Sinclair | punct |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 two | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | participle | Ireland | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | continue | present | the formula and no. xvii | with the conclusion of the Maiden tale | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | present | the Maiden tale | the Notes of my Celtic Fairy Tales | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | conclude | the Maiden tale | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | tell | my | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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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