--- title: Mr. Hartland gives there an ecumenical collection of parallels to th… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Hartland gives there an ecumenical collection of parallels to the several incidents that go to make up our story--(1) The bride-capture of the Swan-Maiden, (2) the recognition of the bride, (3) the taboo against causeless blows, (4) doomed to be broken, and (5) disappearance of the Swan-Maiden, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/41/12/) [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/) / [VII. Shepherd of Myddvai.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/41/) / 12 # Celtic Fairy Tales, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai., sentence 12 Mr. Hartland gives there an ecumenical collection of parallels to the several incidents that go to make up our story--(1) The bride-capture of the Swan-Maiden, (2) the recognition of the bride, (3) the taboo against causeless blows, (4) doomed to be broken, and (5) disappearance of the Swan-Maiden, with (6) her return as Guardian Spirit to her descendants. **Who acts:** Hartland, several incidents, 1, Swan Maiden · **What happens:** give, go, make up, capture, doom, break · **To what, where:** ecumenical collection, story, taboo, bride This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hartland, several incidents, 1, Swan Maiden), 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:pg7885:41:12 # text = Mr. Hartland gives there an ecumenical collection of parallels to the several incidents that go to make up our story--(1) The bride-capture of the Swan-Maiden, (2) the recognition of the bride, (3) the taboo against causeless blows, (4) doomed to be broken, and (5) disappearance of the Swan-Maiden, with (6) her return as Guardian Spirit to her descendants. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Hartland Hartland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 ecumenical ecumenical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 parallels parallel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 incidents incident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 25 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 capture capture NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 Swan Swan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 recognition recognition NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 45 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 taboo taboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 49 against against ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 causeless causeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 48 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 54 punct _ _ 56 doomed doom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 65 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 63 punct _ _ 65 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 68 Swan Swan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 77 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 74 punct _ _ 76 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 78 as as ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 Guardian guardian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nmod _ _ 81 to to ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 83 nmod:poss _ _ 83 descendants descendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | Hartland Mr. | a ecumenical collection of parallels to the several incidents | | there | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent collection=Recipient return=Theme | | 2 | **go** | present | the several incidents | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make up** | to-infinitive | the several incidents *not said here* | our story | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot | | 4 | **capture** | | 1 | | | | | of the Swan Maiden | tree rules | | 5 | **doom** | participle | | the taboo against causeless blows *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **break** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **recognize** | | | the bride | | | | | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **disappear** | | the Swan Maiden | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **return** | | Hartland | | | | | as Guardian Spirit; to Hartland's descendants | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent as=obl to=obl | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/41/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/41/13/) - ↑ back to [VII. 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