--- title: “By my hand,” said Cona’n, “we have never heard of a warrior, howeve… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “By my hand,” said Cona’n, “we have never heard of a warrior, however great, but his peer was found in Ireland, and the funeral songs of all such have been chanted by the women of this land.” Who acts: Cona’n, we, women. 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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 (Cona’n, we, women), 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:pg2892:48:30 # text = “By my hand,” said Cona’n, “we have never heard of a warrior, however great, but his peer was found in Ireland, and the funeral songs of all such have been chanted by the women of this land.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Cona’n Cona'n PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 however however ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 peer peer NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nmod _ _ 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 chanted chant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cona’n | | | | | by my hand | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | | | | | of a warrior | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of warrior=Stimulus | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Cona’n's peer | | Ireland | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **chant** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | the women of this land | the funeral songs of all | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | 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/pg2892/48/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/31/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/)