--- title: The king marvelled at the stories that were told of this new hunter,… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king marvelled at the stories that were told of this new hunter, but as kings are greater than other people so they are more curious; and, being on the plane of excellence, they must see all that is excellently told of. Who acts: king, animals. 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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 (king, animals), 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:pg2892:21:28 # text = The king marvelled at the stories that were told of this new hunter, but as kings are greater than other people so they are more curious; and, being on the plane of excellence, they must see all that is excellently told of. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 marvelled marvell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 20 than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 so so SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 27 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 excellence excellence NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 44 excellently excellently ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marvell** | past | the king | | | the stories | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the stories | | | | of this new hunter | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | the king *not said here* | | | | | as kings; than other people; great *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | animals *= animal* | | | | | curious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | the plane | | of excellence | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | must | animals *= animal* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | that | | | | excellently *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/21/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/21/29/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/21/)