--- title: Mr. Alfred Nutt has already shown this to be true of a special secti… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Alfred Nutt has already shown this to be true of a special section of Romance literature, that connected with the Holy Grail, and it seems probable that further study will extend the field of application of this new method of research. Who acts: Romance literature, it, further study, new method. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/64/) [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/) / 64 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 64 Mr. Alfred Nutt has already shown this to be true of a special section of Romance literature, that connected with the Holy Grail, and it seems probable that further study will extend the field of application of this new method of research. **Who acts:** Romance literature, it, further study, new method · **What happens:** show, be, connect, seem, extend, section · **To what, where:** Alfred, field, Romance literature 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 (Romance literature, it, further study, new method), 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:pg7885:34:64 # text = Mr. Alfred Nutt has already shown this to be true of a special section of Romance literature, that connected with the Holy Grail, and it seems probable that further study will extend the field of application of this new method of research. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Alfred Alfred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 Nutt Nutt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 section section NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 Romance romance ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 connected connect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 24 compound _ _ 24 Grail Grail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 probable probable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 extend extend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 application application NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 method method NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 research research NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · perfect · passive | | Alfred Mr. | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient this=Topic | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | of a special section of Romance literature; true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **connect** | past | Romance literature | | | | | with the Holy Grail | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with grail=Co-Patient | | 4 | **seem** | present | it | | | | | probable *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **extend** | future | further study | the field of application of this new method of research | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent field=Theme | | 6 | **section** | | | Romance literature | | | | | nom section «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **apply** | | this new method of research | | | | | | nom application «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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/65/) - ↑ back to [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/)