--- title: Fionn then set out towards Tara of the Kings, for he thought Caelte… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Fionn then set out towards Tara of the Kings, for he thought Caelte mac Romin would surely be there; “and if he is not there,” said the champion to himself, “then I shall find him at Cesh Corran of the Fianna.” Who acts: Fionn, champion. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter I --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/55/) [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/) / 55 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 55 Fionn then set out towards Tara of the Kings, for he thought Caelte mac Romin would surely be there; “and if he is not there,” said the champion to himself, “then I shall find him at Cesh Corran of the Fianna.” **Who acts:** Fionn, champion · **What happens:** set out, think, be, not be, say, find · **To what, where:** Tara, Caelte, Fionn, Cesh Corran · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Fionn, champion), 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:pg2892:48:55 # text = Fionn then set out towards Tara of the Kings, for he thought Caelte mac Romin would surely be there; “and if he is not there,” said the champion to himself, “then I shall find him at Cesh Corran of the Fianna.” 1 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Kings King PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 Caelte Caelte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 16 Romin Romin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 nmod _ _ 18 surely surely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 Cesh Cesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Corran Corran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | Fionn | | | Tara of the Kings | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards tara=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Fionn | Caelte | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot caelte=Theme | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | surely, there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Fionn | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the champion | | Fionn | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | shall | the champion *= champion* | Fionn | | Cesh Corran of the Fianna | then | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at corran=Asset | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/54/) - next →: [Chapter II, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/49/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/)