--- title: Then he changed himself so that he became the living image of Ae, th… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he changed himself so that he became the living image of Ae, the son of the King of Connaught, who had just been married to Ivell of the Shining Cheeks, and then he changed mac an Da’v into the likeness of Ae’s attendant, and then they all set off towards the fortress, singing the song that beg --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/90/46/) [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 XIX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/90/) / 46 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XIX, sentence 46 Then he changed himself so that he became the living image of Ae, the son of the King of Connaught, who had just been married to Ivell of the Shining Cheeks, and then he changed mac an Da’v into the likeness of Ae’s attendant, and then they all set off towards the fortress, singing the song that begins: My wife is nicer than any one’s wife, Any one’s wife, any one’s wife, My wife is nicer than any one’s wife, Which nobody can deny. **Who acts:** Mongan, Cheeks, song, wife · **What happens:** change, become, marry, mac, set off, sing · **To what, where:** Mongan, living image, son, Ivell, Da’v, likeness This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XIX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mongan, Cheeks, song, wife), 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:pg2892:90:46 # text = Then he changed himself so that he became the living image of Ae, the son of the King of Connaught, who had just been married to Ivell of the Shining Cheeks, and then he changed mac an Da’v into the likeness of Ae’s attendant, and then they all set off towards the fortress, singing the song that begins: My wife is nicer than any one’s wife, Any one’s wife, any one’s wife, My wife is nicer than any one’s wife, Which nobody can deny. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 8 mark _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Ae Ae PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Connaught Connaught PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Ivell Ivell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Shining Shining PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Cheeks Cheek PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 mac mac VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Da’v Da'v PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 Ae Ae PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 attendant attendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 all all ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 off off ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 towards towards ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 fortress fortress NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 64 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 : : PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 66 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 68 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 69 nicer nice ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ _ 70 than than ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 71 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 72 det _ _ 72 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ’s 's PART POS _ 72 case _ _ 74 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 76 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 77 det _ _ 77 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ’s 's PART POS _ 77 case _ _ 79 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 81 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 82 det _ _ 82 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ’s 's PART POS _ 82 case _ _ 84 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 86 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 87 nmod:poss _ _ 87 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 nsubj _ _ 88 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 89 cop _ _ 89 nicer nice ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 84 amod _ _ 90 than than ADP IN _ 94 case _ _ 91 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 92 det _ _ 92 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 93 ’s 's PART POS _ 92 case _ _ 94 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 99 punct _ _ 96 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 99 nsubj _ _ 97 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 99 nsubj _ _ 98 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 99 aux _ _ 99 deny deny VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 94 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | Mongan | Mongan | | | then | any one's wife *obl* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 2 | **become** | past | Mongan | the living image of Ae | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | | the son of the King of Connaught | Ivell of the Shining Cheeks | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to ivell=Co-Patient | | 4 | **change** | past | Mongan | | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **mac** | infinitive | Mongan *not said here* | a Da’v | | the likeness of Ae's attendant | | | tree rules | | 6 | **set off** | present | Cheeks *= cheek* | | | the fortress | then | all *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards fortress=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Mongan *not said here* | the song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 8 | **begin** | present | the song | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **is** | present | My wife | | | | | than any one's wife any one's wife; nice *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | present | My wife | | | | | than any one's wife; nice *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **deny** | can | any one's wife | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **image** | | | Ae | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/90/45/) - next →: [Chapter XX, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/90/)