--- title: “It was the duty of one of the Brothers of Devenish,” he continued,… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “It was the duty of one of the Brothers of Devenish,” he continued, “to turn out the cattle this morning before the dawn of day, and that Brother, while in his duty, saw eight comely young men who fought together.” Who acts: fist, man, Brother, eight comely young men. 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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 (fist, man, Brother, eight comely young men), 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:pg2892:44:9 # text = “It was the duty of one of the Brothers of Devenish,” he continued, “to turn out the cattle this morning before the dawn of day, and that Brother, while in his duty, saw eight comely young men who fought together.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Devenish Devenish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 42 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 43 comely comely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 together together ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | fist | the duty | | | | of the one Brothers of Devenish | tree rules | | 2 | **continue** | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **turn out** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | the cattle | | | dawn; morning | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cattle=Theme | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Brother | eight comely young men | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **fight** *in a quote* | past | eight comely young men | | | | | together *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/44/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/44/10/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/44/)