--- title: Indeed, Mr. Nutt is inclined to think that the original form of our… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, Mr. Nutt is inclined to think that the original form of our story (which contains a mysterious healing vessel) is the germ out of which the legend of the Holy Grail was evolved (see his _Studies in the Holy Grail_, p. 202 _seq. Who acts: story, original form. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tale --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/49/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [XV. Shee an Gannon and Gruagach Gaire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/49/) / 12 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XV. Shee an Gannon and Gruagach Gaire., sentence 12 Indeed, Mr. Nutt is inclined to think that the original form of our story (which contains a mysterious healing vessel) is the germ out of which the legend of the Holy Grail was evolved (see his \_Studies in the Holy Grail\_, p. 202 \_seq. **Who acts:** story, original form · **What happens:** incline, think, contain, be, evolve, see · **To what, where:** Nutt, mysterious healing vessel, germ, legend, \_ Studies, Holy Grail · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (story, original form), 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:pg7885:49:12 # text = Indeed, Mr. Nutt is inclined to think that the original form of our story (which contains a mysterious healing vessel) is the germ out of which the legend of the Holy Grail was evolved (see his _Studies in the Holy Grail_, p. 202 _seq. 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Nutt Nutt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 inclined incline VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 healing healing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 germ germ NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 35 compound _ _ 35 Grail Grail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 evolved evolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 parataxis _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Studies Study PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 46 compound _ _ 46 Grail Grail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 50 202 202 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 49 flat _ _ 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 seq seq NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **incline** | present · passive | | Nutt Mr. | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **contain** | present | our story | a mysterious healing vessel | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vessel=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | the original form of our story | the germ | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **evolve** | past · passive | | the legend of the Holy Grail | | the germ | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | | story's \_ Studies | | the Holy Grail and p. | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer study=Stimulus | | 7 | **form** | | | our story | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/49/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/49/13/) - ↑ back to [XV. 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