--- title: Mr. Spencer took the legend from Jones (the reference to the date 12… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Spencer took the legend from Jones (the reference to the date 1205 proves that), enshrined it in his somewhat _banal_ verses, which were lucky enough to be copied into several reading-books, and thus became known to all English-speaking folk. Who acts: Spencer, date, verses. A sentence of «Celti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/69/) [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/) / 69 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 69 Mr. Spencer took the legend from Jones (the reference to the date 1205 proves that), enshrined it in his somewhat \_banal\_ verses, which were lucky enough to be copied into several reading-books, and thus became known to all English-speaking folk. **Who acts:** Spencer, date, verses · **What happens:** take, prove, enshrine, be, copy, become · **To what, where:** legend, Jones, that, several reading books · **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 (Spencer, date, verses), 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:pg7885:55:69 # text = Mr. Spencer took the legend from Jones (the reference to the date 1205 proves that), enshrined it in his somewhat _banal_ verses, which were lucky enough to be copied into several reading-books, and thus became known to all English-speaking folk. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Spencer Spencer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Jones Jones PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 1205 1205 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 flat _ _ 15 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 enshrined enshrine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 somewhat somewhat X GW _ 19 obj _ _ 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 banal banal X JJ _ 23 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ _ 27 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 32 enough enough ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 copied copy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 xcomp _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 thus thus ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 xcomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 48 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 amod _ _ 51 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Spencer Mr. | the legend | | Jones | | the reference *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent legend=Theme from jones=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **prove** | present | the date | that | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 3 | **enshrine** | past | Spencer Mr. *not said here* | legend | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | verses | | | | | enough, lucky *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **copy** | to-infinitive · passive | verses *not said here* | | | several reading books | | | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: into book=Destination | | 6 | **become** | past | Spencer Mr. *not said here* | | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | participle | Spencer Mr. *not said here* | | | | | to all speaking folk | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/70/) - ↑ back to [XXI. 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