--- title: It was well for the son of the Ard-Ri’ that he had been beloved by t… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was well for the son of the Ard-Ri’ that he had been beloved by the poets and magicians of his land, and that they had taught him all that was known of shape-changing and words of power. Who acts: effect, son, poets. 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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 (effect, son, poets), 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:pg2892:71:38 # text = It was well for the son of the Ard-Ri’ that he had been beloved by the poets and magicians of his land, and that they had taught him all that was known of shape-changing and words of power. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 Ard Ard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Ri Ri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 beloved belov VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 poets poet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 magicians magician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 changing change VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | effect | | | | | for the son; of the Ard Ri; well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **'** | present | the son | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **belov** | past · perfect · passive | the poets and magicians of son's land | son | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | magicians *= magician* | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic | | 5 | **know** | past · passive | | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **change** | gerund | | words of power | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 7 | **word** | | | power | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/39/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/)