Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 7

They include (1) fairy tales properly so-called--_i.e._, tales or anecdotes _about_ fairies, hobgoblins, &c., told as natural occurrences; (2) hero-tales, stories of adventure told of national or mythical heroes; (3) folk-tales proper, describing marvellous adventures of otherwise unknown heroes, in which there is a defined plot and supernatural characters (speaking animals, giants, dwarfs, &c.); and finally (4) drolls, comic anecdotes of feats of stupidity or cunning.

Who acts: tales, 3 folk tales, defined plot, 4 · What happens: include, call, tell, describe, be, define · To what, where: 1 fairy tales, adventure, marvellous adventures, comic anecdotes, unknown heroes · 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 (tales, 3 folk tales, defined plot, 4), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 include	nsubj
2	include	include	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 1	punct
4	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 tales	nummod
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 1	punct
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tales	compound
7	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 include	obj
8	properly	properly	ADV	_	11 called	advmod
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 called	advmod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 so	punct
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 tales	acl
12	--	--	PUNCT	_	17 tales	punct
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	14 i.e.	punct
14	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	_	17 tales	advmod
15	_	_	PUNCT	_	14 i.e.	punct
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tales	punct
17	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tales	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 anecdotes	cc
19	anecdotes	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 tales	conj
20	_	_	PUNCT	_	23 fairies	punct
21	about	about	ADP	_	23 fairies	case
22	_	_	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 fairies	nummod
23	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tales	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 hobgoblins	punct
25	hobgoblins	hobgoblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 fairies	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 c.	punct
27	&	&	CCONJ	_	28 c.	cc
28	c.	c.	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tales	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 told	punct
30	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 tales	acl
31	as	as	ADP	_	33 occurrences	case
32	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 occurrences	amod
33	occurrences	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 told	obl
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 tales	punct
35	(	(	PUNCT	_	36 2	punct
36	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	40 tales	nummod
37	)	)	PUNCT	_	36 2	punct
38	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 tales	compound
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 hero	punct
40	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tales	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 stories	punct
42	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tales	conj
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 adventure	case
44	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 stories	nmod
45	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 adventure	acl
46	of	of	ADP	_	50 heroes	case
47	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 heroes	amod
48	or	or	CCONJ	_	49 mythical	cc
49	mythical	mythical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 national	conj
50	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 told	obl
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 tales	punct
52	(	(	PUNCT	_	53 3	punct
53	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	57 tales	nummod
54	)	)	PUNCT	_	53 3	punct
55	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 tales	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 folk	punct
57	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 include	obj
58	proper	properly	ADV	_	57 tales	advmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 describing	punct
60	describing	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	57 tales	acl
61	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 adventures	amod
62	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 describing	obj
63	of	of	ADP	_	66 heroes	case
64	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	65 unknown	advmod
65	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 heroes	amod
66	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 adventures	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 is	punct
68	in	in	ADP	_	69 which	case
69	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 is	obl
70	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	71 is	expl
71	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 describing	advcl
72	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 plot	det
73	defined	define	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	74 plot	amod
74	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 is	nsubj
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 characters	cc
76	supernatural	supernatural	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 characters	compound
77	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 plot	conj
78	(	(	PUNCT	_	80 animals	punct
79	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	80 animals	amod
80	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 characters	appos
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 giants	punct
82	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 animals	conj
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 dwarfs	punct
84	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 animals	conj
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 c.	punct
86	&	&	CCONJ	_	87 c.	cc
87	c.	c.	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 tales	conj
88	)	)	PUNCT	_	87 c.	punct
89	;	;	PUNCT	_	95 drolls	punct
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 drolls	cc
91	finally	finally	ADV	_	93 4	advmod
92	(	(	PUNCT	_	93 4	punct
93	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	95 drolls	nsubj
94	)	)	PUNCT	_	93 4	punct
95	drolls	droll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 include	conj
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 anecdotes	punct
97	comic	comic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	98 anecdotes	amod
98	anecdotes	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Plur	95 drolls	obj
99	of	of	ADP	_	100 feats	case
100	feats	feat	NOUN	Number=Plur	98 anecdotes	nmod
101	of	of	ADP	_	102 stupidity	case
102	stupidity	stupidity	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 feats	nmod
103	or	or	CCONJ	_	104 cunning	cc
104	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 stupidity	conj
105	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 include	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	include	present	tales = tale	1 fairy tales and tales or anecdotes and _ fairies and hobgoblins & c. and 2 hero tales and stories of adventure			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tale=Theme tale=Location
2	call	participle		1 fairy tales and tales or anecdotes and _ fairies and hobgoblins & c. and 2 hero tales and stories of adventure not said here		properly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	participle		1 fairy tales and tales or anecdotes and _ fairies and hobgoblins & c. and 2 hero tales and stories of adventure not said here		as natural occurrences	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	tell speech: assert	participle		adventure not said here		of national heroes	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	describe	gerund	3 folk tales & c. not said here	marvellous adventures of unknown heroes			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme
6	does	present	a defined plot and supernatural characters		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location
7	define	participle					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	speak speech: other	gerund					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	droll	present	4	comic anecdotes of feats of stupidity or cunning			tree rules
10	adventure			unknown heroes			nom adventure «act 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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