--- title: Fergus then turned to the side of Goll mac Morna, and he sang of the… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Fergus then turned to the side of Goll mac Morna, and he sang of the Forts, the Destructions, the Raids, and the Wooings of clann-Morna; and as the poems succeeded each other, Goll grew more and more jovial and contented. Who acts: Fergus, poems, Goll. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Step --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/45/40/) [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 I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/45/) / 40 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 40 Fergus then turned to the side of Goll mac Morna, and he sang of the Forts, the Destructions, the Raids, and the Wooings of clann-Morna; and as the poems succeeded each other, Goll grew more and more jovial and contented. **Who acts:** Fergus, poems, Goll · **What happens:** turn, sing, succeed, grow, content, woo · **To what, where:** Wooings, side, each, clann This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fergus, poems, Goll), 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:pg2892:45:40 # text = Fergus then turned to the side of Goll mac Morna, and he sang of the Forts, the Destructions, the Raids, and the Wooings of clann-Morna; and as the poems succeeded each other, Goll grew more and more jovial and contented. 1 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 Morna Morna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Forts Fort PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Destructions destruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Raids raid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Wooings wooing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 clann clann NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Morna Morna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 poems poem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 37 obj _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 advmod _ _ 46 jovial jovial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Fergus | the Wooings of clann and Morna | | the side of Goll mac | then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to side=Trajectory | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Fergus | | | | | of the Destructions and the Raids | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 3 | **succeed** | past | the poems | each | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | past | Goll | | | | | jovial *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **content** | participle | Goll *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **woo** | | | clann | | | | | nom wooing «communication 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/45/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/45/41/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/45/)