Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 82

For these I must refer to Mr. Nutt's series of papers in _The Celtic Magazine_, vol. xii., or, still better, to the masterly introductions he is contributing to the series of _Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition_, and to Dr. Hyde's _Beside the Fireside_.

Who acts: I, Magazine · What happens: refer, contribute · To what, where: masterly introductions, series

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, Magazine), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 these	case
2	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 refer	obl
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 refer	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 refer	aux
5	refer	refer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 series	case
7	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Nutt	nmod:desc
8	Nutt	Nutt	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 series	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Nutt	case
10	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refer	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 papers	case
12	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 series	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	17 Magazine	case
14	_	_	PUNCT	_	13 in	punct
15	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Magazine	det
16	Celtic	Celtic	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Magazine	compound
17	Magazine	Magazine	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 papers	nmod
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	17 Magazine	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 xii	punct
20	vol.	vol.	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 xii	compound
21	xii	xii	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Magazine	appos
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 refer	punct
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 better	punct
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	27 better	cc
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 better	punct
26	still	still	ADV	_	27 better	advmod
27	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 refer	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 introductions	punct
29	to	to	ADP	_	32 introductions	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 introductions	det
31	masterly	masterly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 introductions	amod
32	introductions	introduction	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 refer	obl
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 contributing	nsubj
34	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 contributing	aux
35	contributing	contribute	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 introductions	acl:relcl
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 series	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 series	det
38	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 contributing	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 Waifs	case
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	39 of	punct
41	Waifs	waif	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 series	nmod
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 Strays	cc
43	Strays	stray	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 Waifs	conj
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 Tradition	case
45	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 Tradition	amod
46	Tradition	Tradition	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 Strays	nmod
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	35 contributing	punct
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 _	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 _	cc
50	to	to	ADP	_	54 _	case
51	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 Hyde	nmod:desc
52	Hyde	Hyde	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 _	nmod:poss
53	's	's	PART	_	52 Hyde	case
54	_	_	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 refer	parataxis
55	Beside	beside	ADP	_	57 Fireside	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 Fireside	det
57	Fireside	Fireside	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 _	nmod
58	_	_	PUNCT	_	54 _	punct
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 refer	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	must	I					for these; to Nutt Mr.'s series of papers in the Celtic Magazine; to the masterly introductions	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to series=Co-Theme
2	contribute	present · progressive	Magazine	the masterly introductions not said here	the series of Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent introduction=Theme to series=Recipient

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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