Celtic Fairy Tales, XXIV. Battle of Birds., sentence 8

_Parallels_.--Besides the eight versions given or abstracted by Campbell and Mr. Curtin's, there is Carleton's "Three Tasks," Dr. Hyde's "Son of Branduf" (MS.); there is the First Tale of MacInnes (where see Mr. Nutt's elaborate notes, 431-43), two in the _Celtic Magazine_, vol. xii., "Grey Norris from Warland" (_Folk-Lore Journ.

Who acts: Parallels, First Tale, Carleton, Nutt · What happens: give, abstract, be, see, task, note · To what, where: eight versions, elaborate notes

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 (Parallels, First Tale, Carleton, Nutt), 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	_	2 Parallels	punct
2	Parallels	parallel	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 is	nsubj:outer
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Parallels	punct
4	.--	.--	PUNCT	_	8 versions	punct
5	Besides	besides	ADP	_	8 versions	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 versions	det
7	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 versions	nummod
8	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Parallels	conj
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 versions	acl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 abstracted	cc
11	abstracted	abstract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 given	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 Campbell	case
13	Campbell	Campbell	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 Curtin	cc
15	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Curtin	nmod:desc
16	Curtin	Curtin	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Campbell	conj
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Curtin	case
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Parallels	punct
19	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	20 is	expl
20	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	Carleton	Carleton	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Tasks	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Carleton	case
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 Tasks	punct
24	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 Tasks	nummod
25	Tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 is	nsubj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 is	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 is	punct
28	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 Hyde	nmod:desc
29	Hyde	Hyde	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 is	obl
30	's	's	PART	_	29 Hyde	case
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	32 Son	punct
32	Son	Son	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 Hyde	conj
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 Branduf	case
34	Branduf	Branduf	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 Son	nmod
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	34 Branduf	punct
36	(	(	PUNCT	_	37 MS.	punct
37	MS.	MS.	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 Branduf	appos
38	)	)	PUNCT	_	37 MS.	punct
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 is	punct
40	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	41 is	expl
41	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 Hyde	parataxis
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Tale	det
43	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	44 Tale	amod
44	Tale	Tale	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 is	nsubj
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 MacInnes	case
46	MacInnes	MacInnes	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Tale	nmod
47	(	(	PUNCT	_	49 see	punct
48	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	49 see	advmod
49	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	44 Tale	appos
50	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Nutt	nmod:desc
51	Nutt	Nutt	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 notes	nmod:poss
52	's	's	PART	_	51 Nutt	case
53	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 notes	amod
54	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 see	obj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 431-43	punct
56	431-43	431-43	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	54 notes	appos
57	)	)	PUNCT	_	49 see	punct
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 two	punct
59	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	44 Tale	appos
60	in	in	ADP	_	64 Magazine	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 Magazine	det
62	_	_	PUNCT	_	64 Magazine	punct
63	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 Magazine	amod
64	Magazine	Magazine	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 two	nmod
65	_	_	PUNCT	_	64 Magazine	punct
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 xii	punct
67	vol.	vol.	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 xii	compound
68	xii	xii	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 Magazine	appos
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	64 Magazine	punct
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 Norris	punct
71	"	"	PUNCT	_	73 Norris	punct
72	Grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 Norris	amod
73	Norris	Norris	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 Magazine	conj
74	from	from	ADP	_	75 Warland	case
75	Warland	Warland	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 Norris	nmod
76	"	"	PUNCT	_	73 Norris	punct
77	(	(	PUNCT	_	81 Lore	punct
78	_	_	PUNCT	_	81 Lore	punct
79	Folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 Lore	compound
80	-	-	PUNCT	_	79 Folk	punct
81	Lore	Lore	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 Norris	conj
82	Journ	Journ	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 Lore	flat
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 is	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the eight versions not said here		by Campbell and Curtin Mr.	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	abstract	participle					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	does	present	Parallels and the eight versions		there	's Hyde Dr. and Son of Branduf	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	be	present	the First Tale of MacInnes		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	see	infinitive		Nutt Mr.'s elaborate notes			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus
6	task in a quote		Carleton				nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent
7	note		Nutt Mr.				nom note «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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