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title: The seven men and seven women of the Fairy Palace then took their pl… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The seven men and seven women of the Fairy Palace then took their places about him in a half-circle; his own seven guards sat behind them; his wife, the Flame Lady, sat by his side; and at the back of all Cairid, his story-teller sat, listening with all his ears, and remembering every word that was 
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IV, sentence 30

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The seven men and seven women of the Fairy Palace then took their places about him in a half-circle; his own seven guards sat behind them; his wife, the Flame Lady, sat by his side; and at the back of all Cairid, his story-teller sat, listening with all his ears, and remembering every word that was uttered.

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**Who acts:** seven men, own seven guards · **What happens:** take, sit, listen, remember, utter · **To what, where:** places, half circle, wife, back, word

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (seven men, own seven guards), 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:pg2892:75:30
# text = The seven men and seven women of the Fairy Palace then took their places about him in a half-circle; his own seven guards sat behind them; his wife, the Flame Lady, sat by his side; and at the back of all Cairid, his story-teller sat, listening with all his ears, and remembering every word that was uttered.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
24	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
26	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	_
27	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
28	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	Flame	Flame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
39	by	by	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	55	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
44	at	at	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	49	det	_	_
49	Cairid	Cairid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
52	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	teller	teller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	appos	_	_
55	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
57	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	55	advcl	_	_
58	with	with	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	61	det:predet	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	remembering	remember	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	57	conj	_	_
65	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	66	det	_	_
66	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	_
67	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	69	nsubj	_	_
68	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux:pass	_	_
69	uttered	utter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	66	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the seven men and seven women of the Fairy Palace | men's places |  | a half circle | then | about banquet | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in circle=Location |
| 2 | **sit** | past | banquet's own seven guards | banquet's wife and the Flame Lady |  |  |  | behind men *= man* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind they=Location |
| 3 | **sit** | past | banquet's own seven guards *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by banquet's side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location |
| 4 | **sit** | past | the seven men and seven women of the Fairy Palace *not said here* |  |  | the back of all Cairid |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at back=Location |
| 5 | **listen** | gerund | the seven men and seven women of the Fairy Palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with banquet's ears | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **remember** | gerund | the seven men and seven women of the Fairy Palace *not said here* | every word |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 7 | **utter** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | every word |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

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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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