--- title: They sent for other doctors, but they could not cure him, nor could… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They sent for other doctors, but they could not cure him, nor could any one say what he was suffering from, beyond that he was wasting visibly before their eyes, and would certainly become a shadow and disappear in air unless he was healed and fattened and made visible. Who acts: doctors, one, Eolga --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/76/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter V. Said Mongan:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/76/) / 5 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter V. Said Mongan:, sentence 5 They sent for other doctors, but they could not cure him, nor could any one say what he was suffering from, beyond that he was wasting visibly before their eyes, and would certainly become a shadow and disappear in air unless he was healed and fattened and made visible. **Who acts:** doctors, one, Eolgarg · **What happens:** send, not cure, any, say, suffer, waste · **To what, where:** Eolgarg, shadow, air · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter V. Said Mongan:. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doctors, one, Eolgarg), 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:pg2892:76:5 # text = They sent for other doctors, but they could not cure him, nor could any one say what he was suffering from, beyond that he was wasting visibly before their eyes, and would certainly become a shadow and disappear in air unless he was healed and fattened and made visible. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 any any VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nsubj _ _ 18 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 suffering suffer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 wasting waste VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 30 visibly visibly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 fattened fatten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 53 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | doctors *= doctor* | | | | | for other doctors | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **cure** | could | doctors *= doctor* | Eolgarg | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Source | | 3 | **any** | could | doctors *= doctor* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | one | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **suffer** | past · progressive | Eolgarg | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 6 | **waste** | past · progressive | Eolgarg | | | | before doctors's eyes | visibly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **become** | would | doctors *= doctor* *not said here* | a shadow | | | | certainly *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **disappear** | present | doctors *= doctor* *not said here* | | | air | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **heal** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | Eolgarg | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **fatten** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **make** | participle | | | | | | visible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/76/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/76/6/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. 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