--- title: Certainly in the form in which it appears in the _Tochmarc Emer_ it… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Certainly in the form in which it appears in the _Tochmarc Emer_ it is not complete, so that here, as elsewhere, we seem to have an instance of a folk-tale applied to a well-known heroic name, and becoming a hero-tale or saga. Who acts: it, story, we. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/51/35/) [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/) / 35 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XVII. Sea-maiden., sentence 35 Certainly in the form in which it appears in the \_Tochmarc Emer\_ it is not complete, so that here, as elsewhere, we seem to have an instance of a folk-tale applied to a well-known heroic name, and becoming a hero-tale or saga. **Who acts:** it, story, we · **What happens:** appear, not be, seem, have, apply, know · **To what, where:** form, instance, folk tale, hero tale 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 (it, story, we), 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:pg7885:51:35 # text = Certainly in the form in which it appears in the _Tochmarc Emer_ it is not complete, so that here, as elsewhere, we seem to have an instance of a folk-tale applied to a well-known heroic name, and becoming a hero-tale or saga. 1 Certainly certainly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Tochmarc Tochmarc PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 Emer Emer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 18 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so SCONJ IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 38 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 41 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 44 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 xcomp _ _ 53 or or CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 saga saga NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | present | it | | | the form | | in the Tochmarc | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | story | | | | | complete *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **seem** | present | we | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **have** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | a instance of a folk tale | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instance=Patient | | 5 | **apply** | participle | | a folk tale *not said here* | | | | to a known heroic name | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **become** | gerund | we *not said here* | a hero tale or saga | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **instance** | | | a folk tale | | | | | nom instance «event 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/51/34/) - next →: [XVIII. 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