--- title: But the Celtic peasant who speaks Gaelic takes the pleasure of telli… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the Celtic peasant who speaks Gaelic takes the pleasure of telling tales somewhat sadly: so far as he has been printed and translated, I found him, to my surprise, conspicuously lacking in humour. Who acts: Celtic peasant, pleasure, I, my. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Celtic peasant, pleasure, I, my), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7885:2:15 # text = But the Celtic peasant who speaks Gaelic takes the pleasure of telling tales somewhat sadly: so far as he has been printed and translated, I found him, to my surprise, conspicuously lacking in humour. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 Gaelic Gaelic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 translated translate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 conspicuously conspicuously ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 lacking lack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 humour humour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the Celtic peasant | Gaelic | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | the Celtic peasant | the pleasure | | | | far *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the pleasure *not said here* | tales | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 4 | **print** | present · perfect · passive | | peasant | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **translate** | participle | | | | | | | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **find** | past | I | peasant | | | | to my surprise | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 7 | **lack** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | humour | | conspicuously *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **surprise** | | my | | | | | | nom surprise «feeling 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. - ← previous: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/2/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/2/16/) - ↑ back to [\_to Alfred Nutt\_](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/2/)