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title: As this is the first of the Welsh tales in this book it may be as we… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: As this is the first of the Welsh tales in this book it may be as well to give the reader such guidance as I can afford him on the intricacies of Welsh pronunciation, especially with regard to the mysterious _w_'s and _y_'s of Welsh orthography. Who acts: this, book, I. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy T
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai., sentence 3

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As this is the first of the Welsh tales in this book it may be as well to give the reader such guidance as I can afford him on the intricacies of Welsh pronunciation, especially with regard to the mysterious \_w\_'s and \_y\_'s of Welsh orthography.

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**Who acts:** this, book, I · **What happens:** be, give, afford · **To what, where:** reader such guidance, legend, intricacies

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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 (this, book, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:41:3
# text = As this is the first of the Welsh tales in this book it may be as well to give the reader such guidance as I can afford him on the intricacies of Welsh pronunciation, especially with regard to the mysterious _w_'s and _y_'s of Welsh orthography.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
16	as	as	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
22	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
25	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	afford	afford	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	acl	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	intricacies	intricacy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	pronunciation	pronunciation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	_	_	X	GW	_	43	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	w	w	X	GW	ExtPos=PROPN	38	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	's	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
47	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	y	y	X	GW	_	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	's	's	PART	POS	_	49	case	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	orthography	orthography	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | as the first; of the Welsh tales in this book | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | may | book |  |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | book *not said here* | the reader such guidance |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guidance=Theme |
| 4 | **afford** | can | I | legend |  | the intricacies of Welsh pronunciation |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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