--- title: I am convinced of this, for by a lucky chance I am enabled to give t… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I am convinced of this, for by a lucky chance I am enabled to give the real legend about Cylart, which is thus given in Carlisle's _Topographical Dictionary of Wales_, s.v., "Bedd Celert," published in 1811, the date of publication of Mr. Spencer's _Poems_. " Who acts: I. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/65/) [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/) / 65 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 65 I am convinced of this, for by a lucky chance I am enabled to give the real legend about Cylart, which is thus given in Carlisle's \_Topographical Dictionary of Wales\_, s.v., "Bedd Celert," published in 1811, the date of publication of Mr. Spencer's \_Poems\_. " **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** be, enable, give, publish · **To what, where:** I, real legend, Carlisle, Bedd, 1811 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 (I), 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:pg7885:55:65 # text = I am convinced of this, for by a lucky chance I am enabled to give the real legend about Cylart, which is thus given in Carlisle's _Topographical Dictionary of Wales_, s.v., "Bedd Celert," published in 1811, the date of publication of Mr. Spencer's _Poems_. " 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 convinced convinced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 enabled enable VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Cylart Cylart PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 25 thus thus ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Carlisle Carlisle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Topographical topographical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 Dictionary Dictionary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 s.v s.v NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Bedd Bedd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 42 Celert Celert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 45 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 1811 1811 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 publication publication NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 54 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod:desc _ _ 55 Spencer Spencer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 's 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Poems Poem PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | of this; convinced *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enable** | present · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the real legend | | | | about Cylart | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legend=Theme | | 4 | **give** | present · passive | | the real legend | | Carlisle and s.v | | thus *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **publish** | participle | | Bedd and the date of publication of Spencer Mr.'s Poems *not said here* | | 1811 | | | vn create-26.4 «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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/66/) - ↑ back to [XXI. 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