Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 66
Its name, according to tradition, implies _The Grave of Celert_, a Greyhound which belonged to Llywelyn, the last Prince of Wales: and a large Rock is still pointed out as the monument of this celebrated Dog, being on the spot where it was found dead, together with the stag which it had pursued from Carnarvon," which is thirteen miles distant.
Who acts: name, Greyhound, legend · What happens: accord, imply, belong, point out, celebrate, be · To what, where: Grave, Llywelyn, large Rock, spot, Rock, stag
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 (name, Greyhound, legend), 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 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 name | nmod:poss |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 implies | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tradition | punct |
| 4 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 tradition | case |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 according | fixed |
| 6 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 name | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 name | punct |
| 8 | implies | imply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 8 implies | punct |
| 10 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Grave | det |
| 11 | Grave | Grave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 implies | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Celert | case |
| 13 | Celert | Celert | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Grave | nmod |
| 14 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 11 Grave | punct |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Greyhound | punct |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 Greyhound | det |
| 17 | Greyhound | greyhound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Grave | appos |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 belonged | nsubj |
| 19 | belonged | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 Greyhound | acl:relcl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 Llywelyn | case |
| 21 | Llywelyn | Llywelyn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 belonged | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Prince | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Prince | det |
| 24 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Prince | amod |
| 25 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Llywelyn | appos |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Wales | case |
| 27 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Prince | nmod |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 35 pointed | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 pointed | cc |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 Rock | det |
| 31 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 Rock | amod |
| 32 | Rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 pointed | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 pointed | aux:pass |
| 34 | still | still | ADV | _ | 35 pointed | advmod |
| 35 | pointed | point | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 implies | parataxis |
| 36 | out | out | ADP | _ | 35 pointed | compound:prt |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 monument | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 monument | det |
| 39 | monument | monument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 pointed | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Dog | case |
| 41 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 Dog | det |
| 42 | celebrated | celebrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 Dog | amod |
| 43 | Dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 monument | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 spot | punct |
| 45 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 48 spot | cop |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 spot | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 spot | det |
| 48 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 pointed | obl |
| 49 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 52 found | advmod |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 found | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 found | aux:pass |
| 52 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 spot | acl:relcl |
| 53 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 found | xcomp |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 together | punct |
| 55 | together | together | ADV | _ | 52 found | advmod |
| 56 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 stag | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 stag | det |
| 58 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 found | obl |
| 59 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 pursued | nsubj:pass |
| 60 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 pursued | nsubj:pass |
| 61 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 pursued | aux |
| 62 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 stag | acl:relcl |
| 63 | from | from | ADP | _ | 64 Carnarvon | case |
| 64 | Carnarvon | Carnarvon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 pursued | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 distant | punct |
| 66 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 71 distant | punct |
| 67 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 71 distant | nsubj |
| 68 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 71 distant | cop |
| 69 | thirteen | thirteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 70 miles | nummod |
| 70 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 distant | obl:unmarked |
| 71 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 pointed | conj |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 implies | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | imply | present | legend's name and tradition | the Grave of Celert | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot grave=Topic | ||||
| 3 | belong | past | a Greyhound | Llywelyn | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | point out | present · passive | a large Rock | still | as the monument of this celebrated Dog | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 5 | celebrate | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | is | gerund | the spot | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | find | past · passive | Rock | with the stag; dead, together property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 8 | pursue | past · perfect · passive | the stag | Carnarvon | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme from carnarvon=Trajectory | ||||
| 9 | is in a quote | present | thirteen miles obl:unmarked; distant property | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | name | legend | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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