--- title: When the others reached home, the Chief told of his chase, and it wa… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the others reached home, the Chief told of his chase, and it was agreed that such a fawn must not be killed, but that it should be kept and well treated, and that it should be the pet fawn of the Fianna. Who acts: others, Chief, company. 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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 (others, Chief, company), 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:pg2892:33:41 # text = When the others reached home, the Chief told of his chase, and it was agreed that such a fawn must not be killed, but that it should be kept and well treated, and that it should be the pet fawn of the Fianna. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 19 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 21 det:predet _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the others | | | | | home *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Chief | | | | | of Chief's chase | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | | company | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **not** **kill** | must · passive | | such fawn | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **keep** | should · passive | | company | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **treat** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | should | company | the pet fawn | | | | of the Fianna | tree rules | | 8 | **chase** | | Chief | | | | | | nom chase «act transitive»: poss=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/33/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/33/42/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/33/)