--- title: “Some one must fight them,” said Fiachna Finn, “but no more of my me… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Some one must fight them,” said Fiachna Finn, “but no more of my men shall die until I fight myself; for if I am fated to die, I will die and I cannot escape it, and if it is the sheep’s fate to die, then die they will; for there is no man can avoid destiny, and there is no sheep can dodge it eithe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/22/) [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 VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/) / 22 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VI, sentence 22 “Some one must fight them,” said Fiachna Finn, “but no more of my men shall die until I fight myself; for if I am fated to die, I will die and I cannot escape it, and if it is the sheep’s fate to die, then die they will; for there is no man can avoid destiny, and there is no sheep can dodge it either.” **Who acts:** one, Fiachna Finn, men, vast, sheep fate, man · **What happens:** fight, say, die, be, not escape, avoid · **To what, where:** sheep, Fiachna Finn, vast, destiny · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VI. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Fiachna Finn, men, vast), 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:pg2892:77:22 # text = “Some one must fight them,” said Fiachna Finn, “but no more of my men shall die until I fight myself; for if I am fated to die, I will die and I cannot escape it, and if it is the sheep’s fate to die, then die they will; for there is no man can avoid destiny, and there is no sheep can dodge it either.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Fiachna Fiachna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Finn Finn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 no no ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 advcl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 22 until until SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 25 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 fated fated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’s 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 57 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 63 expl _ _ 63 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ _ 64 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 65 det _ _ 65 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 66 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 68 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 71 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 72 expl _ _ 72 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 73 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 74 det _ _ 74 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 nsubj _ _ 75 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 76 dodge dodge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 ccomp _ _ 77 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 obj _ _ 78 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 76 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ” " PUNCT '' _ 72 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** *in a quote* | must | some one | sheep | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fiachna Finn | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **die** *in a quote* | shall | my men | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **fight** *in a quote* | present | Fiachna Finn *= finn* | Fiachna Finn *= finn* | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Fiachna Finn *= finn* | | | | | fated *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | future | Fiachna Finn *= finn* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **not** **escape** *in a quote* | can | Fiachna Finn *= finn* | vast | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | vast | | | | | 's the sheep | tree rules | | 10 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | sheep fate | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 11 | **die** *in a quote* | infinitive | sheep fate *not said here* | | | | then | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 12 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no man *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **avoid** *in a quote* | can | no man | destiny | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent destiny=Location | | 14 | **be** *in a quote* | present | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 15 | **dodge** *in a quote* | can | no sheep | vast | | | | either *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/)