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title: “Go then,” said his father, “but I will place you under the protecti… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: “Go then,” said his father, “but I will place you under the protection of the High King and of the Four Provincial Kings of Ireland, and under the protection of Art, the son of Conn, and of Fionn, the son of Uail, and under the protection of the magicians and poets and the men of art in Ireland.” Wh
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VI, sentence 30

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“Go then,” said his father, “but I will place you under the protection of the High King and of the Four Provincial Kings of Ireland, and under the protection of Art, the son of Conn, and of Fionn, the son of Uail, and under the protection of the magicians and poets and the men of art in Ireland.”

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**Who acts:** father · **What happens:** go, say, place, protect · **To what, where:** you, protection, High King, Art, magicians · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VI. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2892:67:30
# text = “Go then,” said his father, “but I will place you under the protection of the High King and of the Four Provincial Kings of Ireland, and under the protection of Art, the son of Conn, and of Fionn, the son of Uail, and under the protection of the magicians and poets and the men of art in Ireland.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	under	under	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
26	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
27	Provincial	provincial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	Kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	under	under	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Conn	Conn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	Uail	Uail	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
54	under	under	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	magicians	magician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nmod	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
61	poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	conj	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	conj	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	_
67	in	in	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	56	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | person's father |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **place** *in a quote* | future | person's father *= father* | you |  | the protection of the High King and the Four Provincial Kings of Ireland |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **protect** *in a quote* |  |  | the High King and the Four Provincial Kings of Ireland |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **protect** *in a quote* |  |  | Art |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **protect** *in a quote* |  |  | the magicians and poets and the men of art in Ireland |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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