Celtic Fairy Tales, XVII. Sea-maiden., sentence 23

_, 464) and Mr. Nutt (MacInnes' _Tales_, 477) have pointed out, practically the same story (that of Perseus and Andromeda) is told of the Ultonian hero, Cuchulain, in the _Wooing of Emer_, a tale which occurs in the Book of Leinster, a MS. of the twelfth century, and was probably copied from one of the eighth.

Who acts: tale · What happens: point out, tell, occur, copy, woo · To what, where: Nutt, Book, Emer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVII. Sea-maiden.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tale), 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	_	3 464	punct
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 464	punct
3	464	464	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 464	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Nutt	cc
6	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Nutt	nmod:desc
7	Nutt	Nutt	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 pointed	nsubj:pass
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 MacInnes	punct
9	MacInnes	MacInnes	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Nutt	conj
10	'	's	PART	_	9 MacInnes	case
11	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 Tales	punct
12	Tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 pointed	nsubj:pass
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	15 477	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 477	punct
15	477	477	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 Tales	appos
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 477	punct
17	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 pointed	aux
18	pointed	point	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 464	parataxis
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 pointed	compound:prt
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 story	punct
21	practically	practically	ADV	_	24 story	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 story	det
23	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 story	amod
24	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 464	appos
25	(	(	PUNCT	_	26 that	punct
26	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 story	nmod
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 Perseus	case
28	Perseus	Perseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 told	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 Andromeda	cc
30	Andromeda	Andromeda	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Perseus	conj
31	)	)	PUNCT	_	28 Perseus	punct
32	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 told	aux:pass
33	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 that	parataxis
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 hero	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 hero	det
36	Ultonian	Ultonian	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 hero	compound
37	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 told	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 Cuchulain	punct
39	Cuchulain	Cuchulain	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 hero	appos
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 Wooing	punct
41	in	in	ADP	_	44 Wooing	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Wooing	det
43	_	_	PUNCT	_	44 Wooing	punct
44	Wooing	wooing	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 told	conj
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 Emer	case
46	Emer	Emer	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Wooing	nmod
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	46 Emer	punct
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 tale	punct
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 tale	det
50	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 Emer	appos
51	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 occurs	nsubj
52	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 tale	acl:relcl
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 Book	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 Book	det
55	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 occurs	obl
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 Leinster	case
57	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Book	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 MS.	punct
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 MS.	det
60	MS.	MS.	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Book	conj
61	of	of	ADP	_	64 century	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 century	det
63	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 century	amod
64	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 MS.	nmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 copied	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 copied	cc
67	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 copied	aux:pass
68	probably	probably	ADV	_	69 copied	advmod
69	copied	copy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 told	conj
70	from	from	ADP	_	71 one	case
71	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	69 copied	obl
72	of	of	ADP	_	74 eighth	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 eighth	det
74	eighth	eighth	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 one	nmod
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 464	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	point out	present · perfect · passive		Nutt Mr. and MacInnes			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	present · passive				of Perseus and Andromeda; of the Ultonian hero	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»
3	occur	present	a tale		the Book of Leinster and a MS. of the twelfth century		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in book=Location
4	copy	past · passive				from one of the eighth; probably property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»
5	woo			Emer			nom wooing «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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