--- title: It was his custom when he arose on the morn of Sunday to climb to th… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was his custom when he arose on the morn of Sunday to climb to the most elevated point of Tara, and gaze thence on every side, so that he might see if any fairies or people of the Shi’ were disporting themselves in his lordship; for he absolutely prohibited the usage of the earth to these beings --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/) / 30 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 30 It was his custom when he arose on the morn of Sunday to climb to the most elevated point of Tara, and gaze thence on every side, so that he might see if any fairies or people of the Shi’ were disporting themselves in his lordship; for he absolutely prohibited the usage of the earth to these beings on the Sunday, and woe’s worth was it for the sweet being he discovered breaking his law. **Who acts:** hand, king, people, worth · **What happens:** be, arise, climb, elevate, gaze, see · **To what, where:** custom, morn, elevated point, fairies, lordship, usage This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter II. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hand, king, people, worth), 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:pg2892:41:30 # text = It was his custom when he arose on the morn of Sunday to climb to the most elevated point of Tara, and gaze thence on every side, so that he might see if any fairies or people of the Shi’ were disporting themselves in his lordship; for he absolutely prohibited the usage of the earth to these beings on the Sunday, and woe’s worth was it for the sweet being he discovered breaking his law. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 18 advmod _ _ 18 elevated elevate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 gaze gaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 25 thence thence ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 34 mark _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 40 of of SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Shi Shi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 disporting disport VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 46 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 lordship lordship NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 51 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 prohibited prohibit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 usage usage NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 62 det _ _ 62 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 63 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 68 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ’s 's PART POS _ 68 case _ _ 70 worth worth NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 71 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 cop _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ _ 73 for for ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 obl _ _ 76 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 78 cop _ _ 77 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 78 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 79 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 78 xcomp _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | hand | king's custom | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **arise** | past | king | | | the morn of Sunday | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on morn=Location | | 3 | **climb** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | the elevated point of Tara | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to point=Destination | | 4 | **elevate** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **gaze** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | on every side; thence *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on side=Theme | | 6 | **see** | might | king | any fairies or people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus | | 7 | **disport** | past · progressive | people *not said here* | fairies *= fairy* | | king's lordship | | | tree rules | | 8 | **prohibit** | past | king | the usage of the earth | | | | to this beings on the Sunday; for the sweet; absolutely *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer usage=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | past | woe's worth | hand | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | gerund | king | | | | | discover *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **break** | gerund | king *not said here* | king's law | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient | | 12 | **point** | | | Tara | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **use** | | | the earth | | | | | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/31/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/)