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Shee an Gannon and Gruagach Gaire., sentence 10 \_Remarks\_.--Here again we meet the question whether the folk-tale precedes the hero-tale about Finn or was derived from it, and again the probability seems that our story has the priority as a folk-tale, and was afterwards applied to the national hero, Finn. **Who acts:** Remarks, folk tale, probability, story · **What happens:** meet, precede, derive, seem, have, apply · **To what, where:** question, hero tale, tale, priority This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XV. Shee an Gannon and Gruagach Gaire.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Remarks, folk tale, probability, story), 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:pg7885:49:10 # text = _Remarks_.--Here again we meet the question whether the folk-tale precedes the hero-tale about Finn or was derived from it, and again the probability seems that our story has the priority as a folk-tale, and was afterwards applied to the national hero, Finn. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 .-- .-- PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 precedes precede VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Finn Finn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 probability probability NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 priority priority NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 48 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 Finn Finn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | present | Remarks | the question | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Co-Agent | | 2 | **precede** | present | the folk tale | the hero tale | | | | about Finn | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tale=Co-Theme | | 3 | **derive** | past · passive | the folk tale *not said here* | | | tale | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: from it=Material | | 4 | **seem** | present | the probability | | | | again | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **have** | present | our story | the priority | | | | as a folk tale | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priority=Patient | | 6 | **apply** | past · passive | the probability *not said here* | | | | | to the national hero; afterwards *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP» | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/49/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/49/11/) - ↑ back to [XV. 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