--- title: Croker (_Fairy Legends of Ireland_, vol. iii. p. 165) points out sev… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Croker (_Fairy Legends of Ireland_, vol. iii. p. 165) points out several places where the legend seems to have been localised in place-names--two places, called "Gwal y Vilast" ("Greyhound's Couch"), in Carmarthen and Glamorganshire; "Llech y Asp" ("Dog's Stone"), in Cardigan, and another place name --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/46/) [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/) / [XXI. Beth Gellert.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/) / 46 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 46 Croker (\_Fairy Legends of Ireland\_, vol. iii. p. 165) points out several places where the legend seems to have been localised in place-names--two places, called "Gwal y Vilast" ("Greyhound's Couch"), in Carmarthen and Glamorganshire; "Llech y Asp" ("Dog's Stone"), in Cardigan, and another place named in Welsh "Spring of the Greyhound's Stone." **Who acts:** p., legend, Gwal, Llech · **What happens:** point out, seem, localise, call, y, name · **To what, where:** several places, Cardigan, place names, Vilast, Asp, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Beth Gellert.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (p., legend, Gwal, Llech), 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:pg7885:55:46 # text = Croker (_Fairy Legends of Ireland_, vol. iii. p. 165) points out several places where the legend seems to have been localised in place-names--two places, called "Gwal y Vilast" ("Greyhound's Couch"), in Carmarthen and Glamorganshire; "Llech y Asp" ("Dog's Stone"), in Cardigan, and another place named in Welsh "Spring of the Greyhound's Stone." 1 Croker Croker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 vol. vol. NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 iii III NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 13 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 165 165 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 16 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 25 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 localised localise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 xcomp _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Gwal Gwal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 y y VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 Vilast Vilast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 42 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Greyhound Greyhound PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 Couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Carmarthen Carmarthen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 Glamorganshire Glamorganshire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 " " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Llech Llech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 y y VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 58 Asp Asp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ 60 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 Dog Dog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 63 's 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 Stone Stone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 Cardigan Cardigan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 73 det _ _ 73 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 74 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 73 acl _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 Welsh Welsh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 77 " " PUNCT `` _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 Spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 Greyhound Greyhound PROPN NNP Number=Sing 83 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 82 's 's PART POS _ 81 case _ _ 83 Stone Stone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 " " PUNCT '' _ 78 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point out** | present | p. | several places | | Cardigan | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seem** | present | the legend | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **localise** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | the legend *not said here* | | | place names and two places | | | tree rules | | 4 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | | place names and two places *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **y** *in a quote* | past | Gwal | Vilast and Carmarthen and Glamorganshire | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **y** *in a quote* | past | Llech | Asp | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **name** | participle | | another place *not said here* | | Welsh | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/47/) - ↑ back to [XXI. Beth Gellert.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/)