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title: Uct Dealv went then to the house of Fergus Fionnliath, and she broke… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Uct Dealv went then to the house of Fergus Fionnliath, and she broke the enchantment that was on the hound, so that Tuiren’s own shape came back to her; but in the matter of two small whelps, to which the hound had given birth, the enchantment could not be broken, so they had to remain as they were.
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter V, sentence 30

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Uct Dealv went then to the house of Fergus Fionnliath, and she broke the enchantment that was on the hound, so that Tuiren’s own shape came back to her; but in the matter of two small whelps, to which the hound had given birth, the enchantment could not be broken, so they had to remain as they were.

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**Who acts:** Uct, Fergus, enchantment, own shape, whelps, two small whelps · **What happens:** go, break, be, come back, give, not break · **To what, where:** house, enchantment, Fergus, hound, matter

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter V. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Uct, Fergus, enchantment, own shape), 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:pg2892:32:30
# text = Uct Dealv went then to the house of Fergus Fionnliath, and she broke the enchantment that was on the hound, so that Tuiren’s own shape came back to her; but in the matter of two small whelps, to which the hound had given birth, the enchantment could not be broken, so they had to remain as they were.
1	Uct	Uct	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Dealv	Dealv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	Fionnliath	Fionnliath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
23	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	29	mark	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	fixed	_	_
25	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	’s	's	PART	POS	_	25	case	_	_
27	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
30	back	back	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
34	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nummod	_	_
40	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	whelps	whelp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	48	obl	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj:pass	_	_
47	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	advcl	_	_
49	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
54	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	56	advmod	_	_
55	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	so	so	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
59	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	xcomp	_	_
63	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
64	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
65	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Uct |  |  | the house of Fergus | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **break** | past | Fergus | the enchantment |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | the enchantment |  |  |  |  | on the hound | tree rules |
| 4 | **come back** | past | Tuiren's own shape |  | Fergus |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | the hound |  |  |  | to the matter of two small whelps | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient birth=Theme |
| 6 | **not** **break** | could · passive |  | the enchantment |  | the matter of two small whelps |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 7 | **have** | past | whelps *= whelp* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **remain** | to-infinitive | whelps *= whelp* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **be** | past | whelps *= whelp* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **matter** |  | two small whelps |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «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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