--- title: He had a thousand names for him, each one more tender than the last:… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He had a thousand names for him, each one more tender than the last: “My Fawn, My Pulse, My Secret Little Treasure,” or he would call him “My Music, My Blossoming Branch, My Store in the Heart, My Soul.” Who acts: Saeve, My. 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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 (Saeve, My), 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:pg2892:38:2 # text = He had a thousand names for him, each one more tender than the last: “My Fawn, My Pulse, My Secret Little Treasure,” or he would call him “My Music, My Blossoming Branch, My Store in the Heart, My Soul.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 Fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Pulse pulse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 Secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 Music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 Blossoming blossoming NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 Store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 Soul Soul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Saeve | a thousand names | | | | for boy; each one more tender than the last *obl*; My Fawn and My Pulse *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | | 2 | **call** | would | Saeve | | boy | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **pulse** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom pulse «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 4 | **treasure** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom treasure «possession 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/38/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/38/3/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/38/)