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title: Under these circumstances it is not impossible, I think, that the ea… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Under these circumstances it is not impossible, I think, that the earlier legend of the marvellous run of "Cylart" from Carnarvon was due to the etymologising fancy of some English-speaking Welshman who interpreted the name as Killhart, so that the simpler legend would be only a folk-etymology. Who 
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 81

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Under these circumstances it is not impossible, I think, that the earlier legend of the marvellous run of "Cylart" from Carnarvon was due to the etymologising fancy of some English-speaking Welshman who interpreted the name as Killhart, so that the simpler legend would be only a folk-etymology.

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**Who acts:** I, earlier legend, etymologising fancy, simpler legend · **What happens:** not be, think, etymologis, be, speak, interpret · **To what, where:** circumstances, name, folk etymology, Cylart · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, earlier legend, etymologising fancy, simpler legend), 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:pg7885:55:81
# text = Under these circumstances it is not impossible, I think, that the earlier legend of the marvellous run of "Cylart" from Carnarvon was due to the etymologising fancy of some English-speaking Welshman who interpreted the name as Killhart, so that the simpler legend would be only a folk-etymology.
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	expl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Cylart	Cylart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Carnarvon	Carnarvon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
27	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	31	case	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	fixed	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	etymologising	etymologis	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	amod	_	_
31	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
33	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	37	det	_	_
34	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	amod	_	_
37	Welshman	Welshman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
38	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
39	interpreted	interpret	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	as	as	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Killhart	Killhart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
45	so	so	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	simpler	simple	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	49	amod	_	_
49	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
50	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	cop	_	_
52	only	only	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
54	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	etymology	etymology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  | this circumstances |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **etymologis** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | the earlier legend of the marvellous run of Cylart from Carnarvon |  |  |  |  | due the etymologising fancy; of some speaking Welshman | tree rules |
| 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **interpret** | past | the etymologising fancy | the name |  |  |  | as Killhart | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme as killhart=Attribute |
| 7 | **is a** | would | the simpler legend | a folk etymology |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **run** |  |  | Cylart from Carnarvon |  |  |  |  | nom run «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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