--- title: That he was versed in magic is true, for he was ever known as the Kn… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: That he was versed in magic is true, for he was ever known as the Knowledgeable man, and later he had two magicians in his household named Dirim and mac-Reith to do the rough work of knowledge for their busy master. Who acts: magic, Fionn, knowledge. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/38/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter XII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/) / 38 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XII, sentence 38 That he was versed in magic is true, for he was ever known as the Knowledgeable man, and later he had two magicians in his household named Dirim and mac-Reith to do the rough work of knowledge for their busy master. **Who acts:** magic, Fionn, knowledge · **What happens:** verse, be, know, have, name, do · **To what, where:** That, Fionn, two magicians, household, rough work 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 (magic, Fionn, knowledge), 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:pg2892:25:38 # text = That he was versed in magic is true, for he was ever known as the Knowledgeable man, and later he had two magicians in his household named Dirim and mac-Reith to do the rough work of knowledge for their busy master. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 versed verse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 14 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Knowledgeable knowledgeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 magicians magician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 Dirim Dirim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 mac mac NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Reith Reith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **verse** | past · passive | | That | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | magic | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past · passive | | Fionn | | | ever | as the Knowledgeable man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as man=Attribute | | 4 | **have** | past | Fionn | two magicians | | Fionn's household | | late *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magician=Patient | | 5 | **name** | participle | | Fionn's household *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | the rough work of knowledge | | | | for Dirim's busy master | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 7 | **work** | | knowledge | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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:** «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/39/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/)