--- title: She blamed him in the court before his people, and complained that h… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She blamed him in the court before his people, and complained that he had taken away her cow, and that she had not been paid the four cows he had gone bail for, and she demanded judgement from him and justice. Who acts: Fiachna, person. 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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 (Fiachna, person), 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:pg2892:77:3 # text = She blamed him in the court before his people, and complained that he had taken away her cow, and that she had not been paid the four cows he had gone bail for, and she demanded judgement from him and justice. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blamed blame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 complained complain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 34 bail bail NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 judgement judgement NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | past | Fiachna | person | | the court | before person's people | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **complain** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take away** | past · perfect | person | Fiachna's cow | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | | 4 | **not** **pay** | past · perfect · passive | | Fiachna | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient cow=Asset | | 5 | **go** | past · perfect | person | bail | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | Fiachna | judgement | | | | from person | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme judgement=Precondition from he=Source | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/4/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/77/)