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title: For _w_ substitute double _o_, as in "_fool_," and for _y_, the shor… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: For _w_ substitute double _o_, as in "_fool_," and for _y_, the short _u_ in b_u_t, and as near approach to Cymric speech will be reached as is possible for the outlander. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai., with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of e
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai., sentence 4

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For \_w\_ substitute double \_o\_, as in "\_fool\_," and for \_y\_, the short \_u\_ in b\_u\_t, and as near approach to Cymric speech will be reached as is possible for the outlander.

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**What happens:** reach, be

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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: 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:pg7885:41:4
# text = For _w_ substitute double _o_, as in "_fool_," and for _y_, the short _u_ in b_u_t, and as near approach to Cymric speech will be reached as is possible for the outlander.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	w	w	ADV	GW	Typo=Yes	49	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	_
5	substitute	substitute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	y	y	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	goeswith	_	_
27	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	u	u	X	GW	_	3	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	28	punct	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	b	B	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	u	u	X	GW	_	3	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
38	as	as	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	Cymric	Cymric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
44	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
47	as	as	ADP	IN	_	46	advmod	_	_
48	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
49	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	outlander	outlander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	49	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | future · passive |  |  |  |  |  | as near approach to Cymric speech | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for the outlander; possible *property* | 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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