--- title: They include (1) fairy tales properly so-called--_i.e._, tales or an… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They include (1) fairy tales properly so-called--_i.e._, tales or anecdotes _about_ fairies, hobgoblins, &c., told as natural occurrences; (2) hero-tales, stories of adventure told of national or mythical heroes; (3) folk-tales proper, describing marvellous adventures of otherwise unknown heroes, in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/7/) [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/) / 7 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 7 They include (1) fairy tales properly so-called--\_i.e.\_, tales or anecdotes \_about\_ fairies, hobgoblins, &c., told as natural occurrences; (2) hero-tales, stories of adventure told of national or mythical heroes; (3) folk-tales proper, describing marvellous adventures of otherwise unknown heroes, in which there is a defined plot and supernatural characters (speaking animals, giants, dwarfs, &c.); and finally (4) drolls, comic anecdotes of feats of stupidity or cunning. **Who acts:** tales, 3 folk tales, defined plot, 4 · **What happens:** include, call, tell, describe, be, define · **To what, where:** 1 fairy tales, adventure, marvellous adventures, comic anecdotes, unknown heroes · **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 (tales, 3 folk tales, defined plot, 4), 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:pg7885:34:7 # text = They include (1) fairy tales properly so-called--_i.e._, tales or anecdotes _about_ fairies, hobgoblins, &c., told as natural occurrences; (2) hero-tales, stories of adventure told of national or mythical heroes; (3) folk-tales proper, describing marvellous adventures of otherwise unknown heroes, in which there is a defined plot and supernatural characters (speaking animals, giants, dwarfs, &c.); and finally (4) drolls, comic anecdotes of feats of stupidity or cunning. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 include include VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ 6 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 8 properly properly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 anecdotes anecdote NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 about about ADP IN _ 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 hobgoblins hobgoblin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 & & CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 c. c. NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 occurrences occurrence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 mythical mythical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 50 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 52 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 57 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 55 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 58 proper properly ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 describing describe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 acl _ _ 61 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 71 obl _ _ 70 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 71 expl _ _ 71 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 defined define VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 74 amod _ _ 74 plot plot NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 76 supernatural supernatural NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ _ 77 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 conj _ _ 78 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 80 amod _ _ 80 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 82 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 84 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 86 & & CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 87 c. c. NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 87 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 89 ; ; PUNCT , _ 95 punct _ _ 90 and and CCONJ CC _ 95 cc _ _ 91 finally finally ADV RB _ 93 advmod _ _ 92 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 93 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 93 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 95 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 94 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 93 punct _ _ 95 drolls droll VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 96 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 97 comic comic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 amod _ _ 98 anecdotes anecdote NOUN NNS Number=Plur 95 obj _ _ 99 of of ADP IN _ 100 case _ _ 100 feats feat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 98 nmod _ _ 101 of of ADP IN _ 102 case _ _ 102 stupidity stupidity NOUN NN Number=Sing 100 nmod _ _ 103 or or CCONJ CC _ 104 cc _ _ 104 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 102 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 105 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **include** | present | tales *= tale* | 1 fairy tales and tales or anecdotes and \_ fairies and hobgoblins & c. and 2 hero tales and stories of adventure | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tale=Theme tale=Location | | 2 | **call** | participle | | 1 fairy tales and tales or anecdotes and \_ fairies and hobgoblins & c. and 2 hero tales and stories of adventure *not said here* | | | | properly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | 1 fairy tales and tales or anecdotes and \_ fairies and hobgoblins & c. and 2 hero tales and stories of adventure *not said here* | | | | as natural occurrences | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | adventure *not said here* | | | | of national heroes | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **describe** | gerund | 3 folk tales & c. *not said here* | marvellous adventures of unknown heroes | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | | 6 | **does** | present | a defined plot and supernatural characters | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 7 | **define** | participle | | | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **droll** | present | 4 | comic anecdotes of feats of stupidity or cunning | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **adventure** | | | unknown heroes | | | | | nom adventure «act 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/8/) - ↑ back to [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/)