Celtic Fairy Tales, IX. Deirdre., sentence 7

_Parallels_.--This is one of the three most sorrowful Tales of Erin, (the other two, _Children of Lir_ and _Children of Tureen_, are given in Dr. Joyce's _Old Celtic Romances_), and is a specimen of the old heroic sagas of elopement, a list of which is given in the _Book of Leinster_.

Who acts: This, Erin · What happens: be, give, tell · To what, where: one, Parallels, Old Celtic Romances, specimen, _ Book · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, IX. Deirdre.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, Erin), 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	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Parallels	punct
2	Parallels	parallel	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 given	nsubj:pass
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
4	.--	.--	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
5	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 one	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 Parallels	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	13 Tales	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Tales	det
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 Tales	nummod
11	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 sorrowful	advmod
12	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Tales	amod
13	Tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 one	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Erin	case
15	Erin	Erin	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Tales	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 two	punct
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 two	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 two	det
19	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 two	amod
20	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 one	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Children	punct
22	_	_	PUNCT	_	23 Children	punct
23	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Parallels	conj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Lir	case
25	Lir	Lir	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Children	nmod
26	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Parallels	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 Children	cc
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	29 Children	punct
29	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Parallels	conj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 Tureen	case
31	Tureen	Tureen	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 Children	nmod
32	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Parallels	punct
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Parallels	punct
34	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 given	aux:pass
35	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
36	in	in	ADP	_	43 Romances	case
37	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 Joyce	nmod:desc
38	Joyce	Joyce	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 Romances	nsubj
39	's	's	PART	_	38 Joyce	case
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	43 Romances	punct
41	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 Romances	amod
42	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 Romances	amod
43	Romances	romance	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 given	obl
44	_	_	PUNCT	_	35 given	punct
45	)	)	PUNCT	_	44 _	punct
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 specimen	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 specimen	cc
48	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 specimen	cop
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 specimen	det
50	specimen	specimen	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 given	parataxis
51	of	of	ADP	_	55 sagas	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 sagas	det
53	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 sagas	amod
54	heroic	heroic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 sagas	amod
55	sagas	saga	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 specimen	nmod
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 elopement	case
57	elopement	elopement	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 sagas	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 list	punct
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 list	det
60	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 specimen	parataxis
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 which	case
62	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 given	obl
63	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 given	aux:pass
64	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 list	acl:relcl
65	in	in	ADP	_	68 Book	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 Book	det
67	_	_	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 Book	compound
68	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 given	obl
69	of	of	ADP	_	70 Leinster	case
70	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 Book	nmod
71	_	_	PUNCT	_	64 given	punct
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	35 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	This	one		of the three sorrowful Tales of Erin	tree rules
2	give	present · passive		Parallels and Children of Lir and Children of Tureen	Old Celtic Romances		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	is a	present		a specimen		of the old heroic sagas of elopement	tree rules
4	give	present · passive			the _ Book of Leinster	of a list	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»
5	tell		Erin				nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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