Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 65
I am convinced of this, for by a lucky chance I am enabled to give the real legend about Cylart, which is thus given in Carlisle's _Topographical Dictionary of Wales_, s.v., "Bedd Celert," published in 1811, the date of publication of Mr. Spencer's _Poems_. "
Who acts: I · What happens: be, enable, give, publish · To what, where: I, real legend, Carlisle, Bedd, 1811
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Beth Gellert.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 convinced | nsubj |
| 2 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 convinced | cop |
| 3 | convinced | convinced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 convinced | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 chance | punct |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 chance | case |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 chance | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 chance | det |
| 10 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 chance | amod |
| 11 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 convinced | conj |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 enabled | nsubj |
| 13 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 enabled | aux:pass |
| 14 | enabled | enable | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 chance | acl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 give | mark |
| 16 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 enabled | xcomp |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 legend | det |
| 18 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 legend | amod |
| 19 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 give | obj |
| 20 | about | about | ADP | _ | 21 Cylart | case |
| 21 | Cylart | Cylart | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 legend | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 given | punct |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 given | nsubj |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 given | aux:pass |
| 25 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 26 given | advmod |
| 26 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 legend | acl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 Carlisle | case |
| 28 | Carlisle | Carlisle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 given | obl |
| 29 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 28 Carlisle | case |
| 30 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 Dictionary | punct |
| 31 | Topographical | topographical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 Dictionary | amod |
| 32 | Dictionary | Dictionary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Carlisle | appos |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Wales | case |
| 34 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Dictionary | nmod |
| 35 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 28 Carlisle | punct |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 s.v | punct |
| 37 | s.v | s.v | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Carlisle | conj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 convinced | punct |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Bedd | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 Bedd | punct |
| 41 | Bedd | Bedd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 convinced | parataxis |
| 42 | Celert | Celert | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Bedd | flat |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 published | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 published | punct |
| 45 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 Bedd | acl |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 1811 | case |
| 47 | 1811 | 1811 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 45 published | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 date | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 date | det |
| 50 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Bedd | conj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 publication | case |
| 52 | publication | publication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 date | nmod |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 Poems | case |
| 54 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Spencer | nmod:desc |
| 55 | Spencer | Spencer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Poems | nmod:poss |
| 56 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 55 Spencer | case |
| 57 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 58 Poems | punct |
| 58 | Poems | Poem | PROPN | Number=Plur | 50 date | nmod |
| 59 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 41 Bedd | punct |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 convinced | punct |
| 61 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 convinced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | I | of this; convinced property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | enable | present · passive | I | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | give | to-infinitive | I not said here | the real legend | about Cylart | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legend=Theme | |||
| 4 | give | present · passive | the real legend | Carlisle and s.v | thus property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 5 | publish | participle | Bedd and the date of publication of Spencer Mr.'s Poems not said here | 1811 | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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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