Celtic Fairy Tales, XXIV. Battle of Birds., sentence 18

Altogether it seems likely that it is one of the oldest folk-tales in existence, and belonged to the story-store of the original Aryans, whoever they were, was passed by them with their language on to the Hellenes and perhaps to the Indians, was developed in its modern form in Scandinavia (where its best representative "The Master Maid" of Asbjoernsen is still found), was passed by them to the Celts and possibly was transmitted by these latter to other parts of Europe, perhaps by early Irish monks (see notes on "Sea-Maiden").

Who acts: it, story, Tales, early Irish monks · What happens: seem, be, belong, pass, develop, find · To what, where: one, Hellenes, Indians, modern form, best representative, Celts

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXIV. Battle of Birds.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, story, Tales, early Irish monks), 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	Altogether	altogether	ADV	_	3 seems	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seems	nsubj
3	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seems	xcomp
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 one	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 one	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 one	cop
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 likely	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 tales	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tales	det
11	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 tales	amod
12	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tales	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 folk	punct
14	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 one	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 existence	case
16	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tales	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 belonged	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 belonged	cc
19	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seems	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	24 store	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 store	det
22	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 store	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 story	punct
24	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 belonged	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 Aryans	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Aryans	det
27	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 Aryans	amod
28	Aryans	Aryan	PROPN	Number=Plur	24 store	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 whoever	punct
30	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 seems	parataxis
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 were	nsubj
32	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 whoever	acl:relcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 passed	punct
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 passed	aux:pass
35	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seems	conj
36	by	by	ADP	_	37 them	case
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 passed	obl
38	with	with	ADP	_	40 language	case
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 language	nmod:poss
40	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 passed	obl
41	on	on	ADP	_	44 Hellenes	case
42	to	to	ADP	_	44 Hellenes	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Hellenes	det
44	Hellenes	hellene	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 passed	obl
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 developed	cc
46	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	52 developed	advmod
47	to	to	ADP	_	49 Indians	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Indians	det
49	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	52 developed	nsubj:pass
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 Indians	punct
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 developed	aux:pass
52	developed	develop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 Hellenes	conj
53	in	in	ADP	_	56 form	case
54	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 form	nmod:poss
55	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 form	amod
56	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 developed	obl
57	in	in	ADP	_	58 Scandinavia	case
58	Scandinavia	Scandinavia	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 developed	obl
59	(	(	PUNCT	_	73 found	punct
60	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	73 found	advmod
61	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 representative	nmod:poss
62	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	63 representative	amod
63	representative	representative	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 found	nsubj:pass
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	67 Maid	punct
65	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 Maid	det
66	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 Maid	compound
67	Maid	Maid	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 representative	appos
68	"	"	PUNCT	_	67 Maid	punct
69	of	of	ADP	_	70 Asbjoernsen	case
70	Asbjoernsen	Asbjoernsen	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 Maid	nmod
71	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	73 found	aux:pass
72	still	still	ADV	_	73 found	advmod
73	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 Scandinavia	acl:relcl
74	)	)	PUNCT	_	73 found	punct
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 passed	punct
76	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 passed	aux:pass
77	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seems	conj
78	by	by	ADP	_	79 them	case
79	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 passed	obl
80	to	to	ADP	_	82 Celts	case
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 Celts	det
82	Celts	Celt	PROPN	Number=Plur	77 passed	obl
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 transmitted	cc
84	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	86 transmitted	advmod
85	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 transmitted	aux:pass
86	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	77 passed	conj
87	by	by	ADP	_	89 latter	case
88	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	89 latter	nsubj
89	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 transmitted	obl
90	to	to	ADP	_	92 parts	case
91	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	92 parts	amod
92	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 latter	obl
93	of	of	ADP	_	94 Europe	case
94	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	92 parts	nmod
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 monks	punct
96	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	100 monks	advmod
97	by	by	ADP	_	100 monks	case
98	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 monks	amod
99	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 monks	amod
100	monks	monk	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 transmitted	obl
101	(	(	PUNCT	_	102 see	punct
102	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	100 monks	acl
103	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	102 see	obj
104	on	on	ADP	_	108 Maiden	case
105	"	"	PUNCT	_	108 Maiden	punct
106	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	108 Maiden	compound
107	-	-	PUNCT	_	108 Maiden	punct
108	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	102 see	obl
109	"	"	PUNCT	_	102 see	punct
110	)	)	PUNCT	_	102 see	punct
111	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seems	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	it				altogether, likely property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	story	one			of the oldest folk tales in existence	tree rules
3	belong	past					to the story store of the original Aryans	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
4	pass	past · passive	Tales = tale		the Hellenes		with Tales's language	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hellene=Location
5	develop	past · passive		the Indians	story's modern form		in Scandinavia; perhaps property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
6	find	present · passive		story's best representative		still		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
7	pass	past · passive	Tales = tale		the Celts			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to celt=Initial_Location
8	transmit	past · passive	early Irish monks				by latter; possibly property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	see	infinitive	early Irish monks not said here	notes	Sea Maiden			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus
10	form		story					nom form «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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