--- title: There is said to be an ancient air, "Bedd Gelert," "as sung by the A… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There is said to be an ancient air, "Bedd Gelert," "as sung by the Ancient Britons"; it is given in a pamphlet published at Carnarvon in the "fifties," entitled _Gellert's Grave; or, Llewellyn's Rashness: a Ballad, by the Hon. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Beth Gellert., --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/85/) [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/) / 85 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XXI. Beth Gellert., sentence 85 There is said to be an ancient air, "Bedd Gelert," "as sung by the Ancient Britons"; it is given in a pamphlet published at Carnarvon in the "fifties," entitled \_Gellert's Grave; or, Llewellyn's Rashness: a Ballad, by the Hon. **What happens:** say, be, sing, give, publish, entitle · **To what, where:** ancient air, legend, pamphlet, fifties, Grave · **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: 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:pg7885:55:85 # text = There is said to be an ancient air, "Bedd Gelert," "as sung by the Ancient Britons"; it is given in a pamphlet published at Carnarvon in the "fifties," entitled _Gellert's Grave; or, Llewellyn's Rashness: a Ballad, by the Hon. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Bedd Bedd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 Gelert Gelert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Britons Briton PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 pamphlet pamphlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Carnarvon Carnarvon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl:agent _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 fifties fifty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 39 entitled entitle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Gellert Gellert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 Grave Grave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 Llewellyn Llewellyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 Rashness rashness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Ballad Ballad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Hon Hon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | | | there | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a ancient air | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by the Ancient Britons | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by briton=Location | | 4 | **give** | present · passive | | legend | | a pamphlet | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **publish** | participle | | a pamphlet *not said here* | | the fifties | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **entitle** | past | | Gellert's Grave | | | | Llewellyn's Rashness *obl* | tree rules | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/86/) - ↑ back to [XXI. 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