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title: In return for instruction Fionn had taken over the service of his ma… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IX, sentence 36

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In return for instruction Fionn had taken over the service of his master’s hut, and as he went about the household duties, drawing the water, lighting the fire, and carrying rushes for the floor and the beds, he thought over all the poet had taught him, and his mind dwelt on the rules of metre, the cunningness of words, and the need for a clean, brave mind.

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**Who acts:** Fionn, mind, poet, metre · **What happens:** take, go, draw, light, carry, think · **To what, where:** Fionn, return, water, fire, rushes, poet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fionn, mind, poet, metre), 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:pg2892:22:36
# text = In return for instruction Fionn had taken over the service of his master’s hut, and as he went about the household duties, drawing the water, lighting the fire, and carrying rushes for the floor and the beds, he thought over all the poet had taught him, and his mind dwelt on the rules of metre, the cunningness of words, and the need for a clean, brave mind.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’s	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
21	about	about	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	lighting	light	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	conj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	conj	_	_
36	rushes	rush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
37	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
46	over	over	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
47	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	49	det:predet	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	ccomp	_	_
52	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
57	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	parataxis	_	_
58	on	on	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obl	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	cunningness	cunningness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	appos	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	_
72	for	for	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
73	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
74	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
76	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	_
77	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · perfect · passive |  | Fionn |  | return for instruction |  | over the service of Fionn's master's hut | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in return=Location |
| 2 | **go** | past | Fionn |  |  |  |  | about the household duties | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about duty=Location |
| 3 | **draw** | gerund | Fionn *not said here* | the water |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 4 | **light** | gerund | Fionn *not said here* | the fire |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product |
| 5 | **carry** | gerund | Fionn *not said here* | rushes |  |  |  | for the floor and the beds | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rush=Theme |
| 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Fionn |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 7 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | all poet | Fionn |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic |
| 8 | **dwell** | past | poet's mind |  |  | the rules of metre |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rule=Location |
| 9 | **service** |  |  | Fionn's master's hut |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **mind** |  | poet |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **rule** |  | metre |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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:** «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.

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