Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 80
In these I have not wearied or worried the reader with conventional tall talk about the Celtic genius and its manifestations in the folk-tale; on that topic one can only repeat Matthew Arnold when at his best, in his _Celtic Literature_.
Who acts: I, talk · What happens: not weary, worry, repeat, manifest · To what, where: these, reader, Matthew, best, folk tale
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 (I, talk), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 these | case |
| 2 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 wearied | obl |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 wearied | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wearied | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 wearied | advmod |
| 6 | wearied | weary | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 worried | cc |
| 8 | worried | worry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 wearied | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 reader | det |
| 10 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worried | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 talk | case |
| 12 | conventional | conventional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 talk | amod |
| 13 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 talk | amod |
| 14 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worried | obl |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 18 genius | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 genius | det |
| 17 | Celtic | celtic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 genius | amod |
| 18 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 talk | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 manifestations | cc |
| 20 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 manifestations | nmod:poss |
| 21 | manifestations | manifestation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 genius | conj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 tale | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 tale | det |
| 24 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 tale | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 folk | punct |
| 26 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 manifestations | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 repeat | punct |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 one | case |
| 29 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 one | det |
| 30 | topic | topic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 one | amod |
| 31 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 repeat | obl |
| 32 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 repeat | aux |
| 33 | only | only | ADV | _ | 34 repeat | advmod |
| 34 | repeat | repeat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 wearied | parataxis |
| 35 | Matthew | Matthew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 repeat | obj |
| 36 | Arnold | Arnold | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Matthew | flat |
| 37 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 40 best | mark |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 40 best | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 best | nmod:poss |
| 40 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 35 Matthew | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Literature | punct |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 Literature | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 Literature | nmod:poss |
| 44 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 46 Literature | punct |
| 45 | Celtic | celtic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 Literature | amod |
| 46 | Literature | Literature | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 repeat | obl |
| 47 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 repeat | punct |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wearied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not weary | present · perfect | I | these | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | worry | participle | I not said here | the reader | with conventional tall talk about the Celtic genius and talk's manifestations in the folk tale | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reader=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | repeat | can | Matthew | Matthew's best | on that topic one; in Matthew's Celtic Literature | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matthew=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | manifest | talk | the folk tale | nom manifestation «event transitive»: poss=agent in=place |
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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