--- title: _ Pref. xxix.) thinks our tale cannot be older than 1362, because of… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _ Pref. xxix.) thinks our tale cannot be older than 1362, because of a reference to one O'Connor Sligo which occurs in all its variants; it is, however, omitted in our somewhat abridged version. Who acts: Pref, tale, O'Connor, reference. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pref, tale, O'Connor, reference), 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:pg7885:50:17 # text = _ Pref. xxix.) thinks our tale cannot be older than 1362, because of a reference to one O'Connor Sligo which occurs in all its variants; it is, however, omitted in our somewhat abridged version. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Pref Pref PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 xxix xxix NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 7 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 ccomp _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 1362 1362 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 20 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nmod _ _ 23 O'Connor O'Connor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:unmarked _ _ 24 Sligo Sligo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 occurs occur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 variants variant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 however however ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 omitted omit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 40 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 abridged abridge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 version version NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Pref | | | | | because a reference to one O'Connor | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | can | our tale | | | | | than 1362; old *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **occur** | present | O'Connor | | | reference's variants | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in variant=Location | | 4 | **be** | present | reference | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **omit** | participle | Pref *not said here* | | | our abridged version | | however *property* | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **abridge** | participle | | | | | | somewhat *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **tell** | | our | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **vary** | | reference | | | | | | nom variant «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/50/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/50/18/) - ↑ back to [XVI. the Story-teller At Fault.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/50/)