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title: As well as being monarch of Ireland her High King was chief of the p… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: As well as being monarch of Ireland her High King was chief of the people learned in magic, and it is possible that at some time Conn had adventured into Tir na n-Og, the Land of the Young, and had done some deed or misdeed in Aillen’s lordship or in his family. Who acts: High King chief, chief, Con
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XII, sentence 3

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As well as being monarch of Ireland her High King was chief of the people learned in magic, and it is possible that at some time Conn had adventured into Tir na n-Og, the Land of the Young, and had done some deed or misdeed in Aillen’s lordship or in his family.

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**Who acts:** High King chief, chief, Conn · **What happens:** be, learn, adventure, do · **To what, where:** High King chief, magic, Tir, deed, lordship

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (High King chief, chief, Conn), 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:pg2892:25:3
# text = As well as being monarch of Ireland her High King was chief of the people learned in magic, and it is possible that at some time Conn had adventured into Tir na n-Og, the Land of the Young, and had done some deed or misdeed in Aillen’s lordship or in his family.
1	As	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	16	advmod	_	_
2	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	fixed	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
9	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advcl	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	27	det	_	_
27	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
28	Conn	Conn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
29	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	adventured	adventure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
31	into	into	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Tir	Tir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
33	na	na	ADV	GW	Typo=Yes	30	obl:agent	_	_
34	n	n	X	FW	_	33	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	Og	Og	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
47	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	48	det	_	_
48	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	misdeed	misdeed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	Aillen	Aillen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	’s	's	PART	POS	_	52	case	_	_
54	lordship	lordship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
55	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | as monarch; of Ireland | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Ireland's High King chief |  |  |  | of the people | tree rules |
| 3 | **learn** | past | Ireland's High King chief |  |  | magic |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | chief |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **adventure** | past · perfect | Conn |  |  | Tir | time |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **do** | past · perfect | Ireland's High King chief *not said here* | some deed or misdeed |  | Aillen's lordship or Aillen's family |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality |

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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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