--- title: “My son,” said Finnian, “all that has ever been done has been done f… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “My son,” said Finnian, “all that has ever been done has been done for the glory of God, and to confess our good and evil deeds is part of instruction; for the soul must recall its acts and abide by them, or renounce them by confession and penitence. Who acts: son, God, instruction. 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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 (son, God, instruction), 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:pg2892:4:10 # text = “My son,” said Finnian, “all that has ever been done has been done for the glory of God, and to confess our good and evil deeds is part of instruction; for the soul must recall its acts and abide by them, or renounce them by confession and penitence. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Finnian Finnian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 12 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 csubj _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 32 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 recall recall VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 acts act NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 abide abide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 renounce renounce VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 confession confession NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 penitence penitence NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | ever | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: that=Eventuality | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | My son *not said here* | | | | | for the glory of God | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **confess** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | our good deeds | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Topic | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | part | | | | of instruction | tree rules | | 6 | **recall** *in a quote* | must | | instruction's acts | | | | for the soul | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Theme | | 7 | **abide** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | by acts *= act* | tree rules | | 8 | **renounce** *in a quote* | infinitive | | deeds *= deed* | | | | by confession and penitence | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Source | | 9 | **glory** *in a quote* | | God | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **act** *in a quote* | | instruction | | | | | | nom act «communication intransitive»: 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/4/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/4/11/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/4/)