--- title: When they neared that country they found a great crowd going on the… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When they neared that country they found a great crowd going on the road with them, and they learned that the king was giving a feast in honour of his marriage to Duv Laca, for the year of waiting was nearly out, and the king had sworn he would delay no longer. 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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 (Mongan, country, great crowd, king), 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:pg2892:89:47 # text = When they neared that country they found a great crowd going on the road with them, and they learned that the king was giving a feast in honour of his marriage to Duv Laca, for the year of waiting was nearly out, and the king had sworn he would delay no longer. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 neared near VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 35 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 40 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 out out ADV RB _ 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 delay delay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 54 no no ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **near** | past | Mongan | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | past | country | a great crowd | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Topic | | 3 | **go** | gerund | a great crowd *not said here* | | | the road | | with Mongan | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | | 4 | **learn** | past | Mongan | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | past · progressive | the king | a feast | Duv | honour of King's marriage | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent feast=Theme to duv=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | waiting | | | | | nearly, out *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **swear** | past · perfect | the king | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **delay** | would | King | | | | | long *property* | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **honour** | | | King's marriage | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **marry** | | King | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/48/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/)