Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 32
This careful accuracy has given an un-English air to his versions, and has prevented them attaining their due popularity.
What happens: give, prevent, attain · To what, where: careful accuracy, versions, due popularity
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: 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 accuracy | det |
| 2 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 accuracy | amod |
| 3 | accuracy | accuracy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 given | aux |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 air | det |
| 7 | un-English | un-english | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 air | amod |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 versions | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 versions | nmod:poss |
| 11 | versions | version | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 given | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 prevented | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 prevented | cc |
| 14 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 prevented | aux |
| 15 | prevented | prevent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 given | conj |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 prevented | obj |
| 17 | attaining | attain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 prevented | advcl |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 popularity | nmod:poss |
| 19 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 popularity | amod |
| 20 | popularity | popularity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 attaining | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · perfect · passive | this careful accuracy | to Islay's versions | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient air=Theme | ||||
| 2 | prevent | present · perfect | versions = version | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme | |||||
| 3 | attain | gerund | versions's due popularity | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent popularity=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.
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