--- title: Fiachna Duv has only a small force with him at this moment, and we c… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Fiachna Duv has only a small force with him at this moment, and we can burn his palace as he burned your father’s palace, and kill himself as he killed your father, and crown you King of Ulster rightfully the way he crowned himself wrongfully as a king.” Who acts: Fiachna, we. 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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, we), 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:pg2892:80:16 # text = Fiachna Duv has only a small force with him at this moment, and we can burn his palace as he burned your father’s palace, and kill himself as he killed your father, and crown you King of Ulster rightfully the way he crowned himself wrongfully as a king.” 1 Fiachna Fiachna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 crown crown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Ulster Ulster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 rightfully rightfully ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 crowned crown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 47 obj _ _ 49 wrongfully wrongfully ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Fiachna | a small force | | | moment | with man | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Patient | | 2 | **burn** | can | we | man's palace | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 3 | **burn** | past | Fiachna | your father's palace | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 4 | **kill** | infinitive | we *not said here* | Fiachna | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | past | Fiachna | your father | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 6 | **crown** | infinitive | we *not said here* | you | | | | the way *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme king=Attribute | | 7 | **crown** | past | Fiachna | Fiachna | | | | wrongfully *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/80/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/80/17/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/80/)