Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 61
Now the remarkable thing is, how these hero tales have lingered on in oral tradition even to the present day.
What happens: be · To what, where: remarkable thing, oral tradition
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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 lingered | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 thing | det |
| 3 | remarkable | remarkable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thing | amod |
| 4 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lingered | nsubj:outer |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 lingered | cop |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 lingered | punct |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 lingered | advmod |
| 8 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 tales | det |
| 9 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tales | compound |
| 10 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lingered | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 lingered | aux |
| 12 | lingered | linger | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 tradition | case |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 tradition | case |
| 15 | oral | oral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 tradition | amod |
| 16 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lingered | obl |
| 17 | even | even | ADV | _ | 21 day | advmod |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 day | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 day | det |
| 20 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 day | amod |
| 21 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tradition | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 lingered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · perfect · passive | the remarkable thing | oral tradition to the present day | now | linger 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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