--- title: The external soul of the Sea-Maiden carried about in an egg, in a tr… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The external soul of the Sea-Maiden carried about in an egg, in a trout, in a hoodie, in a hind, is a remarkable instance of a peculiarly savage conception which has been studied by Major Temple, _Wide-awake Stories_, 404-5; by Mr. E. Clodd, in the "Philosophy of Punchkin," in _Folk-Lore Journal_, v --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/51/20/) [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/) / [XVII. Sea-maiden.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/51/) / 20 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XVII. Sea-maiden., sentence 20 The external soul of the Sea-Maiden carried about in an egg, in a trout, in a hoodie, in a hind, is a remarkable instance of a peculiarly savage conception which has been studied by Major Temple, \_Wide-awake Stories\_, 404-5; by Mr. E. Clodd, in the "Philosophy of Punchkin," in \_Folk-Lore Journal\_, vol. ii., and by Mr. Frazer in his \_Golden Bough\_, vol. ii. **Who acts:** external soul, Major · **What happens:** carry, be, study · **To what, where:** egg, remarkable instance, peculiarly savage conception This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVII. Sea-maiden.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (external soul, Major), 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:pg7885:51:20 # text = The external soul of the Sea-Maiden carried about in an egg, in a trout, in a hoodie, in a hind, is a remarkable instance of a peculiarly savage conception which has been studied by Major Temple, _Wide-awake Stories_, 404-5; by Mr. E. Clodd, in the "Philosophy of Punchkin," in _Folk-Lore Journal_, vol. ii., and by Mr. Frazer in his _Golden Bough_, vol. ii. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 external external ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 trout trout NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hoodie hoodie NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 peculiarly peculiarly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 savage savage NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 conception conception NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 studied study VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Major Major PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl:agent _ _ 42 Temple Temple PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 Stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 404-5 404-5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod:desc _ _ 55 E. E. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 56 Clodd Clodd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Philosophy philosophy NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 Punchkin Punchkin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 Folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Lore Lore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 appos _ _ 71 Journal Journal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 72 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 74 vol. vol. NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 75 ii II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 74 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 79 by by ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 nmod:desc _ _ 81 Frazer Frazer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 82 in in ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 83 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 86 nmod:poss _ _ 84 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 86 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 86 Bough Bough PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 87 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 88 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 89 vol. vol. NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 appos _ _ 90 ii II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 89 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | the external soul of the Sea Maiden | | | a egg | | by E. Mr.; in Folk and vol.; by Frazer Mr. in soul's Golden Bough; about *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in egg=Location | | 2 | **is a** | present | | a remarkable instance and awake Stories | | | | of a peculiarly savage conception | tree rules | | 3 | **study** | present · perfect · passive | Major | a peculiarly savage conception | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/51/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/51/21/) - ↑ back to [XVII. 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