--- title: In these I have not wearied or worried the reader with conventional… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In these I have not wearied or worried the reader with conventional tall talk about the Celtic genius and its manifestations in the folk-tale; on that topic one can only repeat Matthew Arnold when at his best, in his _Celtic Literature_. Who acts: I, talk. 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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 (I, talk), 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:pg7885:34:80 # text = In these I have not wearied or worried the reader with conventional tall talk about the Celtic genius and its manifestations in the folk-tale; on that topic one can only repeat Matthew Arnold when at his best, in his _Celtic Literature_. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 wearied weary VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 worried worry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 conventional conventional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 manifestations manifestation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 30 topic topic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 repeat repeat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 Matthew Matthew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 Arnold Arnold PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ _ 37 when when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Literature Literature PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **weary** | present · perfect | I | | | these | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **worry** | participle | I *not said here* | the reader | | | | with conventional tall talk about the Celtic genius and talk's manifestations in the folk tale | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reader=Experiencer | | 3 | **repeat** | can | | Matthew | | Matthew's best | | on that topic one; in Matthew's Celtic Literature | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matthew=Eventuality | | 4 | **manifest** | | talk | | | the folk tale | | | nom manifestation «event transitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/81/) - ↑ back to [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/)