Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 11
Among the novelists and tale-writers of the schools of Miss Edgeworth and Lever folk-tales were occasionally utilised, as by Carleton in his _Traits and Stories_, by S. Lover in his _Legends and Stories_, and by G. Griffin in his _Tales of a Jury-Room_.
Who acts: schools · What happens: utilise · To what, where: folk tales
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Notes and References. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (schools), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 3 novelists | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 novelists | det |
| 3 | novelists | novelist | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 writers | cc |
| 5 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 writers | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 tale | punct |
| 7 | writers | writer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 novelists | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 schools | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 schools | det |
| 10 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 writers | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Miss | case |
| 12 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 utilised | obl |
| 13 | Edgeworth | Edgeworth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Miss | flat |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Lever | cc |
| 15 | Lever | Lever | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Miss | conj |
| 16 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tales | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 folk | punct |
| 18 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 utilised | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 utilised | aux:pass |
| 20 | occasionally | occasionally | ADV | _ | 21 utilised | advmod |
| 21 | utilised | utilise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 schools | acl:relcl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Carleton | punct |
| 23 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 Carleton | case |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 Carleton | case |
| 25 | Carleton | Carleton | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 utilised | obj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 Traits | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 Traits | nmod:poss |
| 28 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 29 Traits | punct |
| 29 | Traits | Trait | PROPN | Number=Plur | 25 Carleton | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 Stories | cc |
| 31 | Stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 Carleton | conj |
| 32 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 25 Carleton | punct |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Lover | punct |
| 34 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 Lover | case |
| 35 | S. | S. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Lover | compound |
| 36 | Lover | Lover | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 utilised | parataxis |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 Legends | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 Legends | nmod:poss |
| 39 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 40 Legends | punct |
| 40 | Legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 Lover | nmod |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 Stories | cc |
| 42 | Stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 Legends | conj |
| 43 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 Lover | punct |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 Griffin | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 Griffin | cc |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 Griffin | case |
| 47 | G. | G. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Griffin | compound |
| 48 | Griffin | Griffin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 novelists | appos |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 Tales | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 Tales | nmod:poss |
| 51 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 52 Tales | punct |
| 52 | Tales | Tale | PROPN | Number=Plur | 48 Griffin | nmod |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 Room | case |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 Room | det |
| 55 | Jury | Jury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 Room | compound |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 Jury | punct |
| 57 | Room | Room | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Tales | nmod |
| 58 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 48 Griffin | punct |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 novelists | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | utilise | past · passive | the schools not said here | folk tales | of Miss and Lever; occasionally property | tree rules |
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.
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