--- title: There is, however, this to be added and remembered, that whenever Fi… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There is, however, this to be added and remembered, that whenever Fionn was in a tight corner it was Goll that plucked him out of it; and, later on, when time did his worst on them all and the Fianna were sent to hell as unbelievers, it was Goll mac Morna who assaulted hell, with a chain in his grea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/47/57/) [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 III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/47/) / 57 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 57 There is, however, this to be added and remembered, that whenever Fionn was in a tight corner it was Goll that plucked him out of it; and, later on, when time did his worst on them all and the Fianna were sent to hell as unbelievers, it was Goll mac Morna who assaulted hell, with a chain in his great fist and three iron balls swinging from it, and it was he who attacked the hosts of great devils and brought Fionn and the Fianna-Finn out with him. **Who acts:** Fionn, side, Goll, unbelievers, three iron balls · **What happens:** be, add, remember, pluck, send, assault · **To what, where:** this, tight corner, Goll, side, Fionn, hell This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fionn, side, Goll, unbelievers), 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:pg2892:47:57 # text = There is, however, this to be added and remembered, that whenever Fionn was in a tight corner it was Goll that plucked him out of it; and, later on, when time did his worst on them all and the Fianna were sent to hell as unbelievers, it was Goll mac Morna who assaulted hell, with a chain in his great fist and three iron balls swinging from it, and it was he who attacked the hosts of great devils and brought Fionn and the Fianna-Finn out with him. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 14 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 parataxis _ _ 15 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 Goll goll NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 34 on on ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 nmod:unmarked _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 hell hell NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 unbelievers unbeliever NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 56 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 57 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 flat _ _ 58 Morna Morna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 flat _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 60 assaulted assault VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 61 hell hell NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 fist fist NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 71 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 73 nummod _ _ 72 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 73 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 conj _ _ 74 swinging swing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 73 acl _ _ 75 from from ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 79 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 nsubj:outer _ _ 80 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 cop _ _ 81 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 nsubj _ _ 82 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 83 nsubj _ _ 83 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 obj _ _ 86 of of ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 88 amod _ _ 88 devils devil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 nmod _ _ 89 and and CCONJ CC _ 90 cc _ _ 90 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 conj _ _ 91 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 90 obj _ _ 92 and and CCONJ CC _ 96 cc _ _ 93 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 96 det _ _ 94 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 96 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 95 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 94 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 96 Finn Finn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 91 conj _ _ 97 out out ADP RP _ 90 compound:prt _ _ 98 with with ADP IN _ 99 case _ _ 99 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 90 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | | | | there | | however *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · passive | | this | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **remember** | participle | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Fionn | | | a tight corner and Goll | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | side | Goll | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pluck** | past | Goll | Goll | | side | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme out it=Source | | 7 | **send** | past · passive · do-support | | Fionn | | hell | | as unbelievers; late *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hell=Destination | | 8 | **is a** | past | side | Goll | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **assault** | past | unbelievers | hell | | | | | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hell=Patient | | 10 | **swing** | gerund | three iron balls *not said here* | | | side | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory | | 11 | **is** | past | side | | | | | attack *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **bring out** | past | side *not said here* | Fionn and the Fianna Finn | | | | with Goll | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fionn=Patient with he=Instrument | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/47/56/) - next →: [Chapter I, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/47/)