Celtic Fairy Tales, XV. Shee an Gannon and Gruagach Gaire., sentence 12
Indeed, Mr. Nutt is inclined to think that the original form of our story (which contains a mysterious healing vessel) is the germ out of which the legend of the Holy Grail was evolved (see his _Studies in the Holy Grail_, p. 202 _seq.
Who acts: story, original form · What happens: incline, think, contain, be, evolve, see · To what, where: Nutt, mysterious healing vessel, germ, legend, _ Studies, Holy Grail · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XV. Shee an Gannon and Gruagach Gaire.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story, original form), 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 | Indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 6 inclined | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Indeed | punct |
| 3 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Nutt | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Nutt | Nutt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 inclined | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 inclined | aux:pass |
| 6 | inclined | incline | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 think | mark |
| 8 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 inclined | xcomp |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 germ | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 form | det |
| 11 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 form | amod |
| 12 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 germ | nsubj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 story | case |
| 14 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 story | nmod:poss |
| 15 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 form | nmod |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 contains | punct |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 contains | nsubj |
| 18 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 story | acl |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 vessel | det |
| 20 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 vessel | amod |
| 21 | healing | healing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 vessel | compound |
| 22 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 contains | obj |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 contains | punct |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 germ | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 germ | det |
| 26 | germ | germ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 think | ccomp |
| 27 | out | out | ADP | _ | 29 which | case |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 which | case |
| 29 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 evolved | obl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 legend | det |
| 31 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 evolved | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Grail | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Grail | det |
| 34 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 35 Grail | compound |
| 35 | Grail | Grail | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 legend | nmod |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 evolved | aux:pass |
| 37 | evolved | evolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 germ | parataxis |
| 38 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 39 see | punct |
| 39 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 evolved | xcomp |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 Studies | nmod:poss |
| 41 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Studies | compound |
| 42 | Studies | Study | PROPN | Number=Plur | 39 see | obj |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 Grail | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Grail | det |
| 45 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 46 Grail | compound |
| 46 | Grail | Grail | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 see | obl |
| 47 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 46 Grail | punct |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 p. | punct |
| 49 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Grail | conj |
| 50 | 202 | 202 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 49 p. | flat |
| 51 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 52 seq | punct |
| 52 | seq | seq | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 p. | appos |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 inclined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | incline | present · passive | Nutt Mr. | indeed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | contain | present | our story | a mysterious healing vessel | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vessel=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | the original form of our story | the germ | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | evolve | past · passive | the legend of the Holy Grail | the germ | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | see | infinitive | story's _ Studies | the Holy Grail and p. | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer study=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | form | our story | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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