--- title: One day they were talking together about the majesty of God and His… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day they were talking together about the majesty of God and His love, for although Tuan had now received much instruction on this subject he yet needed more, and he laid as close a siege on Finnian as Finnian had before that laid on him. Who acts: they, Tuan, Finnian, that. 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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 (they, Tuan, Finnian, that), 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:pg2892:4:1 # text = One day they were talking together about the majesty of God and His love, for although Tuan had now received much instruction on this subject he yet needed more, and he laid as close a siege on Finnian as Finnian had before that laid on him. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 although although SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 Tuan Tuan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 22 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 yet yet ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Finnian finnian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 nmod _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 Finnian Finnian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 44 before before SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past · progressive | they | | | | day | about the majesty of God and His love; together *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about majesty=Topic | | 2 | **receive** | past · perfect | Tuan | much instruction | | this subject | now | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme on subject=Location | | 3 | **need** | past | Tuan | more | | | yet | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | | 4 | **close** | past | Tuan | a siege | | Finnian | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent siege=Patient | | 5 | **have** | past | Finnian | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lay** | past | that | | | | | on Finnian | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on he=Destination | | 7 | **love** | | His *= he* | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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: [Chapter II, 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/3/35/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/4/2/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/4/)