--- title: Two young girls came to him then, having a cup in each of their hand… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Two young girls came to him then, having a cup in each of their hands, and presented him with the kingly drink, but, remembering the warning which Credl had given him, he drank only from the right-hand cup and escaped the poison. Who acts: Two young girls, Art. 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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 (Two young girls, Art), 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:pg2892:71:25 # text = Two young girls came to him then, having a cup in each of their hands, and presented him with the kingly drink, but, remembering the warning which Credl had given him, he drank only from the right-hand cup and escaped the poison. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 kingly kingly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 Credl Credl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Two young girls | | Art | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **have** | gerund | Two young girls *not said here* | a cup | | each | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | | 3 | **present** | past | Two young girls *not said here* | | Art | | | with the kingly drink | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with drink=Theme | | 4 | **remember** | gerund | Art *not said here* | the warning | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent warning=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the warning | Art | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 6 | **drink** | past | Art | | | the hand cup | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from cup=Source | | 7 | **escape** | past | Art *not said here* | the poison | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme poison=Initial\_Location | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/26/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/)