--- title: “If all the Fianna who have died in the last seven years were added… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “If all the Fianna who have died in the last seven years were added to all that are now here,” the stranger asserted, “I would treat all of these and those grievously, and would curtail their limbs and their lives.” Who acts: Fianna, stranger, Fionn. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/33/) [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/pg2892/48/) / 33 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 33 “If all the Fianna who have died in the last seven years were added to all that are now here,” the stranger asserted, “I would treat all of these and those grievously, and would curtail their limbs and their lives.” **Who acts:** Fianna, stranger, Fionn · **What happens:** die, add, be, assert, treat, curtail · **To what, where:** all, limbs 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 (Fianna, stranger, Fionn), 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:pg2892:48:33 # text = “If all the Fianna who have died in the last seven years were added to all that are now here,” the stranger asserted, “I would treat all of these and those grievously, and would curtail their limbs and their lives.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 asserted assert VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 conj _ _ 37 grievously grievously ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 curtail curtail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | the Fianna | | | | year | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · passive | the stranger *not said here* | all | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: all=Patient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the stranger *not said here* | | | | now | here *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **assert** | past | the stranger | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **treat** *in a quote* | would | Fionn | all | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Recipient | | 6 | **curtail** *in a quote* | would | the stranger *not said here* | battles's limbs and battles's lives | | | | | tree rules | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/34/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/)