--- title: For these I must refer to Mr. Nutt's series of papers in _The Celtic… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: For these I must refer to Mr. Nutt's series of papers in _The Celtic Magazine_, vol. xii., or, still better, to the masterly introductions he is contributing to the series of _Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition_, and to Dr. Hyde's _Beside the Fireside_. Who acts: I, Magazine. 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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, Magazine), 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:pg7885:34:82 # text = For these I must refer to Mr. Nutt's series of papers in _The Celtic Magazine_, vol. xii., or, still better, to the masterly introductions he is contributing to the series of _Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition_, and to Dr. Hyde's _Beside the Fireside_. 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 refer refer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Nutt Nutt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 papers paper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Celtic Celtic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Magazine Magazine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 vol. vol. NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 xii xii NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 still still ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 masterly masterly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 introductions introduction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 contributing contribute VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Waifs waif NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 Strays stray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Tradition Tradition PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod:desc _ _ 52 Hyde Hyde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 's 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Beside beside ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Fireside Fireside PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refer** | must | I | | | | | for these; to Nutt Mr.'s series of papers in the Celtic Magazine; to the masterly introductions | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to series=Co-Theme | | 2 | **contribute** | present · progressive | Magazine | the masterly introductions *not said here* | the series of Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent introduction=Theme to series=Recipient | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/83/) - ↑ back to [Notes and References](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/)