--- title: He sent messengers before him to Big Eolgarg warning him of his comi… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He sent messengers before him to Big Eolgarg warning him of his coming, of his intention, and of the number of troops he was bringing; and when he landed Eolgarg met him with an equal force, and they fought together. Who acts: king, Eolgarg, messengers. 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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 (king, Eolgarg, messengers), 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:pg2892:77:11 # text = He sent messengers before him to Big Eolgarg warning him of his coming, of his intention, and of the number of troops he was bringing; and when he landed Eolgarg met him with an equal force, and they fought together. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 Eolgarg Eolgarg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 warning warn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 22 nmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 33 Eolgarg Eolgarg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | king | messengers | Big | | before Lochlann | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to big=Destination | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund | king *not said here* | | king | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **come** | gerund | king | | | | | of king's intention | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of intention=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bring** | past · progressive | king | | | | | of the number of troops | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of number=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **land** | past | king | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **meet** | past | Eolgarg | king | | | | with a equal force | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme with force=Instrument | | 7 | **fight** | past | messengers *= messenger* | | | | | together *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **intend** | | king | | | | | | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/12/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/)