--- title: In the first battle three hundred of the men of Lochlann were killed… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the first battle three hundred of the men of Lochlann were killed, but in the next battle Eolgarg Mor did not fight fair, for he let some venomous sheep out of a tent, and these attacked the men of Ulster and killed nine hundred of them. Who acts: Eolgarg, these. 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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 (Eolgarg, these), 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:pg2892:77:12 # text = In the first battle three hundred of the men of Lochlann were killed, but in the next battle Eolgarg Mor did not fight fair, for he let some venomous sheep out of a tent, and these attacked the men of Ulster and killed nine hundred of them. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ _ 6 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Lochlann Lochlann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 20 Eolgarg Eolgarg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 Mor Mor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 fight fight VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 25 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 venomous venomous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 40 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Ulster Ulster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 compound _ _ 48 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past · passive | | the men of Lochlann | | the first battle three hundred | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **not** **fight** | past · do-support | | | | the next battle | | fair *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | Eolgarg | some venomous sheep | | a tent | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 4 | **attack** | past | these | the men of Ulster | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 5 | **kill** | past | these *not said here* | nine hundred of men | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/13/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/)