--- title: Fionn sat in the Chief Captain’s seat in the middle of the fort; and… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Fionn sat in the Chief Captain’s seat in the middle of the fort; and facing him, in the place of honour, he placed the mirthful Goll mac Morna; and from these, ranging on either side, the nobles of the Fianna took each the place that fitted his degree and patrimony. Who acts: Fionn, nobles, place. 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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 (Fionn, nobles, place), 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:pg2892:45:28 # text = Fionn sat in the Chief Captain’s seat in the middle of the fort; and facing him, in the place of honour, he placed the mirthful Goll mac Morna; and from these, ranging on either side, the nobles of the Fianna took each the place that fitted his degree and patrimony. 1 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fort fort NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 mirthful mirthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Morna Morna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 ranging range VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 49 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 48 obj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 fitted fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 patrimony patrimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | Fionn | | | the Chief Captain's seat in the middle of the fort | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location | | 2 | **face** | gerund | Fionn *not said here* | | Fionn | | | in the place of honour | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination in place=Theme | | 3 | **place** | past | Fionn | the mirthful mac Morna | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent morna=Theme | | 4 | **range** | gerund | the nobles of the Fianna *not said here* | | | either side | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | the nobles of the Fianna | each | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument each=Theme place=Destination | | 6 | **fit** | past | the place | Fionn's degree and patrimony | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent degree=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/45/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/45/29/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/45/)