--- title: “Duv Laca says that you are to come at once, for the King of Leinste… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Duv Laca says that you are to come at once, for the King of Leinster is journeying around his territory, and Kevin Cochlach, the charioteer, is making bitter love to her and wants her to run away with him.” Who acts: Duv, you, King, Kevin. 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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 (Duv, you, King, Kevin), 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:pg2892:89:36 # text = “Duv Laca says that you are to come at once, for the King of Leinster is journeying around his territory, and Kevin Cochlach, the charioteer, is making bitter love to her and wants her to run away with him.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 come come VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Leinster Leinster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 journeying journey VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 20 around around ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 territory territory NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 Kevin Kevin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 26 Cochlach Cochlach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 charioteer charioteer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 33 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Duv | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | come *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **journey** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the King of Leinster | | | King's territory | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around territory=Trajectory | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Kevin | bitter love | Duv | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Product | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Duv *not said here* | Duv | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run away** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Duv *not said here* | | | | | with King; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with he=Material | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/37/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/)