Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 64
Mr. Alfred Nutt has already shown this to be true of a special section of Romance literature, that connected with the Holy Grail, and it seems probable that further study will extend the field of application of this new method of research.
Who acts: Romance literature, it, further study, new method · What happens: show, be, connect, seem, extend, section · To what, where: Alfred, field, Romance literature
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 (Romance literature, it, further study, new method), 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 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Alfred | nmod:desc |
| 2 | Alfred | Alfred | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 shown | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | Nutt | Nutt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Alfred | flat |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shown | aux |
| 5 | already | already | ADV | _ | 6 shown | advmod |
| 6 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 shown | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 true | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 true | cop |
| 10 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 shown | xcomp |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 section | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 section | det |
| 13 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 section | amod |
| 14 | section | section | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 true | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 literature | case |
| 16 | Romance | romance | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 literature | amod |
| 17 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 section | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 connected | punct |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 connected | nsubj |
| 20 | connected | connect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 literature | acl:relcl |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 Grail | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Grail | det |
| 23 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 24 Grail | compound |
| 24 | Grail | Grail | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 connected | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 seems | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 seems | cc |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 seems | nsubj |
| 28 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shown | conj |
| 29 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 seems | xcomp |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 34 extend | mark |
| 31 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 study | amod |
| 32 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 extend | nsubj |
| 33 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 extend | aux |
| 34 | extend | extend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 probable | advcl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 field | det |
| 36 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 extend | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 application | case |
| 38 | application | application | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 field | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 method | case |
| 40 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 method | det |
| 41 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 method | amod |
| 42 | method | method | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 application | nmod |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 research | case |
| 44 | research | research | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 method | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 shown | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · perfect · passive | Alfred Mr. | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient this=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | of a special section of Romance literature; true property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | connect | past | Romance literature | with the Holy Grail | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with grail=Co-Patient | ||||
| 4 | seem | present | it | probable property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | extend | future | further study | the field of application of this new method of research | vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent field=Theme | ||||
| 6 | section | Romance literature | nom section «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | apply | this new method of research | nom application «act 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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