--- title: The _Book of Leinster_, an Irish vellum of the twelfth century, cont… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The _Book of Leinster_, an Irish vellum of the twelfth century, contains a list of 189 of these hero-tales, many of which are extant to this day; E. O'Curry gives the list in the Appendix to his MS. _Materials of Irish History_. Who acts: Book, many, E.. 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O'Curry gives the list in the Appendix to his MS. \_Materials of Irish History\_. **Who acts:** Book, many, E. · **What happens:** contain, be, give, list · **To what, where:** list, MS., Appendix, hero tales This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Notes and References. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Book, many, E.), 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:pg7885:34:25 # text = The _Book of Leinster_, an Irish vellum of the twelfth century, contains a list of 189 of these hero-tales, many of which are extant to this day; E. O'Curry gives the list in the Appendix to his MS. _Materials of Irish History_. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Book Book PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Leinster Leinster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 vellum vellum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 16 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 189 189 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 23 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nmod _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 extant extant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 E. E. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 O'Curry O'Curry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 38 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Appendix Appendix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 MS. MS. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Materials material NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 parataxis _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 History History PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | the Book of Leinster | a list of 189 of this hero tales | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot list=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | many | | | | day | extant *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | present | E. | the list | E.'s MS. | the Appendix | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent list=Theme to ms.=Recipient | | 4 | **list** | | | this hero tales | | | | | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/26/) - ↑ back to [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/)