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title: On the other hand, there is a distinct reference to Finn's wisdom-to… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: On the other hand, there is a distinct reference to Finn's wisdom-tooth, which presaged the future to him (on this see _Revue Celtique_, v. 201, Joyce, _Old Celt. Who acts: distinct reference, wisdom tooth, this. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVIII. Legend of Knockmany., with 
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, XVIII. Legend of Knockmany., sentence 10

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On the other hand, there is a distinct reference to Finn's wisdom-tooth, which presaged the future to him (on this see \_Revue Celtique\_, v. 201, Joyce, \_Old Celt.

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**Who acts:** distinct reference, wisdom tooth, this · **What happens:** be, presage, see, v. · **To what, where:** other hand, future, reference, Revue, 201

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVIII. Legend of Knockmany.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (distinct reference, wisdom tooth, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:52:10
# text = On the other hand, there is a distinct reference to Finn's wisdom-tooth, which presaged the future to him (on this see _Revue Celtique_, v. 201, Joyce, _Old Celt.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	presaged	presage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
24	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	nsubj	_	_
27	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	Revue	Revue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	Celtique	Celtique	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	v.	v.	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	_
34	201	201	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	Joyce	Joyce	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	Celt	Celt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a distinct reference |  |  | the other hand; there |  | to Finn's wisdom tooth and Old Celt | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location |
| 2 | **presage** | past | Finn's wisdom tooth and Old Celt | the future | reference |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | this | Revue |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revue=Stimulus |
| 4 | **v.** | infinitive | this *not said here* | 201 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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