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title: It maybe added that double _d_ equals _th_, and double _l_ is someth… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: It maybe added that double _d_ equals _th_, and double _l_ is something like _Fl_, as Shakespeare knew in calling his Welsh soldier Fluellen (Llewelyn). Who acts: outlander, double l _, Shakespeare. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai., with its dependency t
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, VII. Shepherd of Myddvai., sentence 5

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It maybe added that double \_d\_ equals \_th\_, and double \_l\_ is something like \_Fl\_, as Shakespeare knew in calling his Welsh soldier Fluellen (Llewelyn).

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**Who acts:** outlander, double l \_, Shakespeare · **What happens:** add, be, know, call · **To what, where:** equals, something, Welsh soldier · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (outlander, double l \_, Shakespeare), 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:pg7885:41:5
# text = It maybe added that double _d_ equals _th_, and double _l_ is something like _Fl_, as Shakespeare knew in calling his Welsh soldier Fluellen (Llewelyn).
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	_	_	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	_
9	equals	equal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	th	that	ADP	IN	_	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
15	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
16	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	_	_	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
21	like	like	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Fl	Fl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
29	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
30	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	advcl	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
32	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
34	Fluellen	Fluellen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
35	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	Llewelyn	Llewelyn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | outlander | equals |  |  |  | maybe *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | double l \_ | something |  |  |  | like \_ | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | past | Shakespeare |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **call** | gerund | Shakespeare *not said here* | \_'s Welsh soldier |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient |

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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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