--- title: We may, therefore, hope to see considerable light thrown on the most… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: We may, therefore, hope to see considerable light thrown on the most characteristic spiritual product of the Middle Ages, the literature of Romance and the spirit of chivalry, from the Celtic folk-tales of the present day. Who acts: We, present day. 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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 (We, present day), 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:pg7885:34:63 # text = We may, therefore, hope to see considerable light thrown on the most characteristic spiritual product of the Middle Ages, the literature of Romance and the spirit of chivalry, from the Celtic folk-tales of the present day. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 15 advmod _ _ 15 characteristic characteristic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 spiritual spiritual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 product product NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Middle Middle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ _ 21 Ages Age PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Romance romance NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 chivalry chivalry NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | may | We | | | | | therefore *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | considerable light and the literature of Romance and the spirit of chivalry | | the Celtic folk tales of the present day | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | | 3 | **throw** | participle | | considerable light and the literature of Romance and the spirit of chivalry *not said here* | | the characteristic spiritual product of the Middle Ages | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on product=Destination | | 4 | **tell** | | the present day | | | | | | nom tale «communication 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/64/) - ↑ back to [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/)