Celtic Fairy Tales, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai., sentence 12
Mr. Hartland gives there an ecumenical collection of parallels to the several incidents that go to make up our story--(1) The bride-capture of the Swan-Maiden, (2) the recognition of the bride, (3) the taboo against causeless blows, (4) doomed to be broken, and (5) disappearance of the Swan-Maiden, with (6) her return as Guardian Spirit to her descendants.
Who acts: Hartland, several incidents, 1, Swan Maiden · What happens: give, go, make up, capture, doom, break · To what, where: ecumenical collection, story, taboo, bride
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 (Hartland, several incidents, 1, Swan Maiden), 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 Hartland | nmod:desc |
| 2 | Hartland | Hartland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 gives | advmod |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 collection | det |
| 6 | ecumenical | ecumenical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 collection | amod |
| 7 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 parallels | case |
| 9 | parallels | parallel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 collection | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 incidents | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 incidents | det |
| 12 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 incidents | amod |
| 13 | incidents | incident | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 parallels | nmod |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 go | nsubj |
| 15 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 incidents | acl:relcl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 make | mark |
| 17 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 go | xcomp |
| 18 | up | up | ADP | _ | 17 make | compound:prt |
| 19 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 story | nmod:poss |
| 20 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 make | obj |
| 21 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 28 capture | punct |
| 22 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 23 1 | punct |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 28 capture | nsubj |
| 24 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 1 | punct |
| 25 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 capture | det |
| 26 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 capture | compound |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 bride | punct |
| 28 | capture | capture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | parataxis |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Maiden | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Maiden | det |
| 31 | Swan | Swan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Maiden | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 Maiden | punct |
| 33 | Maiden | Maiden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 capture | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 recognition | punct |
| 35 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 36 2 | punct |
| 36 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 39 recognition | discourse |
| 37 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 36 2 | punct |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 recognition | det |
| 39 | recognition | recognition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 capture | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 bride | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 bride | det |
| 42 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 recognition | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 3 | punct |
| 44 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 45 3 | punct |
| 45 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 39 recognition | parataxis |
| 46 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 45 3 | punct |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 taboo | det |
| 48 | taboo | taboo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 recognition | conj |
| 49 | against | against | ADP | _ | 51 blows | case |
| 50 | causeless | causeless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 blows | amod |
| 51 | blows | blow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 taboo | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 4 | punct |
| 53 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 54 4 | punct |
| 54 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 48 taboo | appos |
| 55 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 54 4 | punct |
| 56 | doomed | doom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 taboo | acl |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 59 broken | mark |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 59 broken | aux:pass |
| 59 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 doomed | xcomp |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 disappearance | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 disappearance | cc |
| 62 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 63 5 | punct |
| 63 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 65 disappearance | nummod |
| 64 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 63 5 | punct |
| 65 | disappearance | disappearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | parataxis |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 Maiden | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 Maiden | det |
| 68 | Swan | Swan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 Maiden | compound |
| 69 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 70 Maiden | punct |
| 70 | Maiden | Maiden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 disappearance | nmod |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 6 | punct |
| 72 | with | with | ADP | _ | 74 6 | case |
| 73 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 74 6 | punct |
| 74 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 77 return | nummod |
| 75 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 74 6 | punct |
| 76 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 return | nmod:poss |
| 77 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 78 | as | as | ADP | _ | 80 Spirit | case |
| 79 | Guardian | guardian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 80 Spirit | amod |
| 80 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 77 return | nmod |
| 81 | to | to | ADP | _ | 83 descendants | case |
| 82 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 83 descendants | nmod:poss |
| 83 | descendants | descendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 return | nmod |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gives | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Hartland Mr. | a ecumenical collection of parallels to the several incidents | there | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent collection=Recipient return=Theme | |||
| 2 | go | present | the several incidents | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | make up | to-infinitive | the several incidents not said here | our story | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot | ||||
| 4 | capture | 1 | of the Swan Maiden | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | doom | participle | the taboo against causeless blows not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | break | to-infinitive · passive | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V» | ||||||
| 7 | recognize | the bride | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | disappear | the Swan Maiden | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 9 | return | Hartland | as Guardian Spirit; to Hartland's descendants | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent as=obl to=obl |
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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