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title: _Parallels_.--This is one of the three most sorrowful Tales of Erin,… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: _Parallels_.--This is one of the three most sorrowful Tales of Erin, (the other two, _Children of Lir_ and _Children of Tureen_, are given in Dr. Joyce's _Old Celtic Romances_), and is a specimen of the old heroic sagas of elopement, a list of which is given in the _Book of Leinster_. Who acts: This
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, IX. Deirdre., sentence 7

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\_Parallels\_.--This is one of the three most sorrowful Tales of Erin, (the other two, \_Children of Lir\_ and \_Children of Tureen\_, are given in Dr. Joyce's \_Old Celtic Romances\_), and is a specimen of the old heroic sagas of elopement, a list of which is given in the \_Book of Leinster\_.

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**Who acts:** This, Erin · **What happens:** be, give, tell · **To what, where:** one, Parallels, Old Celtic Romances, specimen, \_ Book · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, IX. Deirdre.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, Erin), 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:pg7885:43:7
# text = _Parallels_.--This is one of the three most sorrowful Tales of Erin, (the other two, _Children of Lir_ and _Children of Tureen_, are given in Dr. Joyce's _Old Celtic Romances_), and is a specimen of the old heroic sagas of elopement, a list of which is given in the _Book of Leinster_.
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Parallels	parallel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.--	.--	PUNCT	NFP	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
11	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	12	advmod	_	_
12	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Lir	Lir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Tureen	Tureen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
34	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
37	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod:desc	_	_
38	Joyce	Joyce	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	's	's	PART	POS	_	38	case	_	_
40	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
42	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	Romances	romance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
48	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	specimen	specimen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	parataxis	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
53	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
54	heroic	heroic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	sagas	saga	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	elopement	elopement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	parataxis	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	64	obl	_	_
63	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	64	aux:pass	_	_
64	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	60	acl:relcl	_	_
65	in	in	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	35	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | This | one |  |  |  | of the three sorrowful Tales of Erin | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present · passive |  | Parallels and Children of Lir and Children of Tureen |  | Old Celtic Romances |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | a specimen |  |  |  | of the old heroic sagas of elopement | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** | present · passive |  |  |  | the \_ Book of Leinster |  | of a list | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V» |
| 5 | **tell** |  | Erin |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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