--- title: All the evidence, in my opinion, inclines to the former view, which,… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All the evidence, in my opinion, inclines to the former view, which, as applied to Celtic folk-tales, is of very great literary importance; for it is becoming more and more recognised, thanks chiefly to the admirable work of Mr. Alfred Nutt, in his _Studies on the Holy Grail_, that the outburst of E --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/60/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/) / 60 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 60 All the evidence, in my opinion, inclines to the former view, which, as applied to Celtic folk-tales, is of very great literary importance; for it is becoming more and more recognised, thanks chiefly to the admirable work of Mr. Alfred Nutt, in his \_Studies on the Holy Grail\_, that the outburst of European Romance in the twelfth century was due, in large measure, to an infusion of Celtic hero-tales into the literature of the Romance-speaking nations. **Who acts:** evidence, question, outburst, my, Alfred · **What happens:** incline, apply, be, become, recognise, thank · **To what, where:** former view, more · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (evidence, question, outburst, 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:pg7885:34:60 # text = All the evidence, in my opinion, inclines to the former view, which, as applied to Celtic folk-tales, is of very great literary importance; for it is becoming more and more recognised, thanks chiefly to the admirable work of Mr. Alfred Nutt, in his _Studies on the Holy Grail_, that the outburst of European Romance in the twelfth century was due, in large measure, to an infusion of Celtic hero-tales into the literature of the Romance-speaking nations. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 inclines incline VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 literary literary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 36 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 recognised recognise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 thanks thank VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 42 chiefly chiefly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 admirable admirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:desc _ _ 49 Alfred Alfred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 Nutt Nutt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Studies Study PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 parataxis _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 59 compound _ _ 59 Grail Grail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 outburst outburst NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 Romance Romance PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 72 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 73 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 41 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 79 to to ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 infusion infusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 parataxis _ _ 82 of of ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 83 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 84 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 85 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 nmod _ _ 87 into into ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 88 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 89 det _ _ 89 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 nmod _ _ 90 of of ADP IN _ 95 case _ _ 91 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 95 det _ _ 92 Romance Romance PROPN NNP Number=Sing 94 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 93 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 94 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 94 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 95 amod _ _ 95 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 89 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 96 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **incline** | present | all evidence and my opinion | | | | | to the former view | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent to view=Theme | | 2 | **apply** | participle · passive | | the former view | | | | to Celtic folk tales | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | of great literary importance | tree rules | | 4 | **become** | present · progressive | question | more | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient more=Result | | 5 | **recognise** | participle | question *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | | | | | | to the admirable work of Alfred Mr.; chiefly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the outburst of European Romance in the twelfth century | | | | | due *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **opine** | | my | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **work** | | Alfred Mr. | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/61/) - ↑ back to [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/)