Celtic Fairy Tales, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai., sentence 10
Mr. E. Sidney Hartland has discussed these and others in a set of papers contributed to the first volume of _The Archaeological Review_ (now incorporated into _Folk-Lore_), the substance of which is now given in his _Science of Fairy Tales_, 274-332.
Who acts: E. · What happens: discuss, contribute, incorporate, give · To what, where: these, set, papers, first volume, _ Science
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (E.), 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 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 E. | nmod:desc |
| 2 | E. | E. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 discussed | nsubj |
| 3 | Sidney | Sidney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 E. | flat |
| 4 | Hartland | Hartland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 E. | flat |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 discussed | aux |
| 6 | discussed | discuss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 discussed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 others | cc |
| 9 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 discussed | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 set | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 set | det |
| 12 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 discussed | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 papers | case |
| 14 | papers | paper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 set | nmod |
| 15 | contributed | contribute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 papers | acl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 volume | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 volume | det |
| 18 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 volume | amod |
| 19 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 contributed | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Review | case |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 20 of | punct |
| 22 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Review | det |
| 23 | Archaeological | Archaeological | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Review | compound |
| 24 | Review | Review | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 volume | nmod |
| 25 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 6 discussed | punct |
| 26 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 28 incorporated | punct |
| 27 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 incorporated | advmod |
| 28 | incorporated | incorporate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 discussed | conj |
| 29 | into | into | ADP | _ | 53 274-332 | case |
| 30 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 53 274-332 | punct |
| 31 | Folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 274-332 | nsubj |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 Lore | punct |
| 33 | Lore | Lore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Folk | appos |
| 34 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 33 Lore | punct |
| 35 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 33 Lore | punct |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 substance | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 substance | det |
| 38 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Folk | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 which | case |
| 40 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 given | obl |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 given | aux:pass |
| 42 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 43 given | advmod |
| 43 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 substance | acl:relcl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 Science | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 Science | nmod:poss |
| 46 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Science | compound |
| 47 | Science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 given | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 Tales | case |
| 49 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Tales | compound |
| 50 | Tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 Science | nmod |
| 51 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 43 given | punct |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 274-332 | punct |
| 53 | 274-332 | 274-332 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 28 incorporated | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 discussed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discuss speech: other | present · perfect | E. Mr. | these | a set of papers | vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Topic | |||
| 2 | contribute | participle | papers not said here | the first volume of the Archaeological Review | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to volume=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | incorporate | participle | E. Mr. not said here | now | into 274-332 | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent into 274-332=Co-Patient | |||
| 4 | give | present · passive | E.'s _ Science of Fairy Tales | now | of the substance | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V» |
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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