Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 63

We may, therefore, hope to see considerable light thrown on the most characteristic spiritual product of the Middle Ages, the literature of Romance and the spirit of chivalry, from the Celtic folk-tales of the present day.

Who acts: We, present day · What happens: hope, see, throw, tell · To what, where: considerable light, Celtic folk tales, characteristic spiritual product · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (We, present day), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 hope	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hope	aux
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 may	punct
4	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	6 hope	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 therefore	punct
6	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hope	xcomp
9	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 light	amod
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obj
11	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 light	acl
12	on	on	ADP	_	17 product	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 product	det
14	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 characteristic	advmod
15	characteristic	characteristic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 product	amod
16	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 product	amod
17	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thrown	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 Ages	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Ages	det
20	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Ages	flat
21	Ages	Age	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 product	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 literature	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 literature	det
24	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 light	conj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 Romance	case
26	Romance	romance	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 literature	nmod
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 spirit	cc
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 spirit	det
29	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 light	conj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 chivalry	case
31	chivalry	chivalry	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 spirit	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 tales	punct
33	from	from	ADP	_	38 tales	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 tales	det
35	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 tales	amod
36	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 tales	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 folk	punct
38	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 see	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	42 day	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 day	det
41	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 day	amod
42	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 tales	nmod
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hope	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hope	may	We			therefore property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	We not said here	considerable light and the literature of Romance and the spirit of chivalry	the Celtic folk tales of the present day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus
3	throw	participle		considerable light and the literature of Romance and the spirit of chivalry not said here	the characteristic spiritual product of the Middle Ages		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on product=Destination
4	tell		the present day				nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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: «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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