--- title: He was unmarried, but he had many foster-sons, princes from the Four… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He was unmarried, but he had many foster-sons, princes from the Four Provinces, who were sent by their fathers as tokens of loyalty and affection to the Ard-Ri, and his duties as a foster-father were righteously acquitted. Who acts: conjecture, fathers, many foster sons. 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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 (conjecture, fathers, many foster sons), 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:pg2892:40:6 # text = He was unmarried, but he had many foster-sons, princes from the Four Provinces, who were sent by their fathers as tokens of loyalty and affection to the Ard-Ri, and his duties as a foster-father were righteously acquitted. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 unmarried unmarry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 Provinces province NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 tokens token NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 loyalty loyalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 Ard Ard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Ri Ri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 duties duty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 46 righteously righteously ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 acquitted acquit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unmarry** | past · passive | | conjecture | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | conjecture | many foster sons and princes from the Four Provinces | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | past · passive | Provinces's fathers | many foster sons and princes from the Four Provinces | | | | as tokens of loyalty and affection to the Ard Ri | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 4 | **acquit** | past · passive | many foster sons and princes from the Four Provinces *not said here* | conjecture's duties as a foster father | | | | righteously *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING» | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/7/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/)