--- title: The uncanny, misbehaved, and outrageous harridans advanced then to m… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The uncanny, misbehaved, and outrageous harridans advanced then to meet the son of Morna, and when he saw these three Goll whipped the sword from his thigh, swung his buckler round, and got to them in ten great leaps. Who acts: Iaran, outrageous harridans, three. 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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 (Iaran, outrageous harridans, three), 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:pg2892:60:11 # text = The uncanny, misbehaved, and outrageous harridans advanced then to meet the son of Morna, and when he saw these three Goll whipped the sword from his thigh, swung his buckler round, and got to them in ten great leaps. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 uncanny uncanny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 misbehaved misbehave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 outrageous outrageous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 harridans harridan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 9 advanced advanced ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Morna Morna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nsubj _ _ 24 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 whipped whip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 thigh thigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 buckler buckler NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 round round ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 leaps leap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **misbehave** | participle | Iaran *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | outrageous harridans | the son of Morna | | | then | advanced *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Co-Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | Iaran | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **whip** | past | this three | the sword | | Iaran's thigh | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent sword=Material | | 5 | **swing** | past | | Iaran's buckler | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent buckler=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past | | | harridans *= harridan* | ten great leaps | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to they=Result | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/60/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/60/12/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/60/)