--- title: Goll mac Morna did not admit so much in words, but he admitted it in… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Goll mac Morna did not admit so much in words, but he admitted it in all his actions, for although he never lost an opportunity of killing a member of Fionn’s family (there was deadly feud between clann-Baiscne and clann-Morna), yet a call from Fionn brought Goll raging to his assistance like a lion --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/6/) [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/pg2892/56/) / 6 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 6 Goll mac Morna did not admit so much in words, but he admitted it in all his actions, for although he never lost an opportunity of killing a member of Fionn’s family (there was deadly feud between clann-Baiscne and clann-Morna), yet a call from Fionn brought Goll raging to his assistance like a lion that rages tenderly by his mate. **Who acts:** Goll, opportunity, deadly feud, call, lion, Fionn · **What happens:** not admit, admit, not lose, kill, be, bring · **To what, where:** much, words, hair, actions, opportunity, member 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 (Goll, opportunity, deadly feud, call), 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:pg2892:56:6 # text = Goll mac Morna did not admit so much in words, but he admitted it in all his actions, for although he never lost an opportunity of killing a member of Fionn’s family (there was deadly feud between clann-Baiscne and clann-Morna), yet a call from Fionn brought Goll raging to his assistance like a lion that rages tenderly by his mate. 1 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Morna Morna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 admit admit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 admitted admit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 actions action NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 although although SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 member member NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 39 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 feud feud NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 41 between between ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 clann clann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Baiscne Baiscne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 clann clann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Morna Morna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 57 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 raging rage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 like like ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 65 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 66 rages rage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ _ 67 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 xcomp _ _ 68 by by ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **admit** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Goll | much | | words | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent much=Theme in word=Location | | 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | Goll | hair | | Goll's actions | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in action=Location | | 3 | **not** **lose** | past | Goll | a opportunity | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Eventuality | | 4 | **kill** | gerund | a opportunity *not said here* | a member of Fionn's family | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Theme | | 5 | **be** | past | deadly feud between clann Baiscne and clann | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | past | a call from Fionn | | Goll | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument goll=Destination | | 7 | **rage** | gerund | a call from Fionn *not said here* | | Fionn's assistance like a lion | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to assistance=Recipient | | 8 | **rage** | present | a lion | | | | | by Fionn's mate; tenderly *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mate=Location | | 9 | **act** | | Goll | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **assist** | | Fionn | | | | | like a lion | nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent like=obl | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/7/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/)