--- title: _Parallels_.--Besides the eight versions given or abstracted by Camp… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _Parallels_.--Besides the eight versions given or abstracted by Campbell and Mr. Curtin's, there is Carleton's "Three Tasks," Dr. Hyde's "Son of Branduf" (MS.); there is the First Tale of MacInnes (where see Mr. Nutt's elaborate notes, 431-43), two in the _Celtic Magazine_, vol. xii., "Grey Norris f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/58/8/) [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/) / [XXIV. Battle of Birds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/58/) / 8 # Celtic Fairy Tales, XXIV. Battle of Birds., sentence 8 \_Parallels\_.--Besides the eight versions given or abstracted by Campbell and Mr. Curtin's, there is Carleton's "Three Tasks," Dr. Hyde's "Son of Branduf" (MS.); there is the First Tale of MacInnes (where see Mr. Nutt's elaborate notes, 431-43), two in the \_Celtic Magazine\_, vol. xii., "Grey Norris from Warland" (\_Folk-Lore Journ. **Who acts:** Parallels, First Tale, Carleton, Nutt · **What happens:** give, abstract, be, see, task, note · **To what, where:** eight versions, elaborate notes This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXIV. Battle of Birds.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Parallels, First Tale, Carleton, Nutt), 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:pg7885:58:8 # text = _Parallels_.--Besides the eight versions given or abstracted by Campbell and Mr. Curtin's, there is Carleton's "Three Tasks," Dr. Hyde's "Son of Branduf" (MS.); there is the First Tale of MacInnes (where see Mr. Nutt's elaborate notes, 431-43), two in the _Celtic Magazine_, vol. xii., "Grey Norris from Warland" (_Folk-Lore Journ. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Parallels parallel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 .-- .-- PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Besides besides ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 abstracted abstract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Campbell Campbell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 Curtin Curtin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 Carleton Carleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 Tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 28 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Hyde Hyde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Branduf Branduf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 MS. MS. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 44 amod _ _ 44 Tale Tale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 MacInnes MacInnes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 49 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 appos _ _ 50 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:desc _ _ 51 Nutt Nutt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 's 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 elaborate elaborate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 431-43 431-43 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 54 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 appos _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 62 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 Magazine Magazine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 vol. vol. NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 xii xii NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 " " PUNCT `` _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 Grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 Norris Norris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 74 from from ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 Warland Warland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 " " PUNCT '' _ 73 punct _ _ 77 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 Folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 80 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 Lore Lore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 conj _ _ 82 Journ Journ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | the eight versions *not said here* | | | | by Campbell and Curtin Mr. | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **abstract** | participle | | | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **does** | present | Parallels and the eight versions | | | there | | 's Hyde Dr. and Son of Branduf | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | present | the First Tale of MacInnes | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | | Nutt Mr.'s elaborate notes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus | | 6 | **task** *in a quote* | | Carleton | | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **note** | | Nutt Mr. | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/58/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/58/9/) - ↑ back to [XXIV. Battle of Birds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/58/)