--- title: Only such a blood-tie could have bound them to the clann-Baiscne, fo… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Only such a blood-tie could have bound them to the clann-Baiscne, for it is not easy, having moved in the world of court and camp, to go hide with a baby in a wood; and to live, as they must have lived, in terror. Who acts: sister. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister), 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:pg2892:16:3 # text = Only such a blood-tie could have bound them to the clann-Baiscne, for it is not easy, having moved in the world of court and camp, to go hide with a baby in a wood; and to live, as they must have lived, in terror. 1 Only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 6 det:predet _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 tie tie NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 clann clann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Baiscne Baiscne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 expl _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 xcomp _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 35 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 live live VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux _ _ 51 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | could · perfect · passive | | such blood tie | | | | to the clann Baiscne | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **move** | participle | | | | the world of court and camp | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in world=Trajectory | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **hide** | infinitive | | | | a wood | | with a baby | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location | | 7 | **live** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **live** | must · perfect | sister | | | terror | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in terror=Location | 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:** «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/16/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/16/4/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/16/)