Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 57
Another point of interest in these Celtic folk-tales is the light they throw upon the relation of hero-tales and folk-tales (classes 2 and 3 above).
Who acts: point, tales · What happens: be, throw, point · To what, where: light, relation, interest
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 (point, tales), 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 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 point | det |
| 2 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 light | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 interest | case |
| 4 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 point | nmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 tales | case |
| 6 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 tales | nsubj |
| 7 | Celtic | celtic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tales | amod |
| 8 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tales | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 folk | punct |
| 10 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 interest | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 light | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 light | det |
| 13 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 throw | nsubj |
| 15 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 light | acl:relcl |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 relation | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 relation | det |
| 18 | relation | relation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 throw | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 tales | case |
| 20 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 tales | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 hero | punct |
| 22 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 relation | nmod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 tales | cc |
| 24 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 tales | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 folk | punct |
| 26 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 tales | conj |
| 27 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 28 classes | punct |
| 28 | classes | class | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 tales | conj |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 28 classes | flat |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 above | cc |
| 31 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 32 above | nummod |
| 32 | above | above | ADV | _ | 26 tales | conj |
| 33 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 26 tales | punct |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 light | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | another point of interest in Celtic folk tales | the light | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | throw | present | tales = tale | the light not said here | the relation of hero tales and folk tales and classes | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent light=Theme upon relation=Destination | |||
| 3 | point | interest in Celtic folk tales | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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