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title: The doorkeeper brought word to the King of Leinster that the son of… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The doorkeeper brought word to the King of Leinster that the son of the King of Connaught, Ae the Beautiful, and his wife, Ivell of the Shining Cheeks, were at the door, that they had been banished from Connaught by Ae’s father, and they were seeking the protection of the King of Leinster. Who acts:
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XX, sentence 1

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The doorkeeper brought word to the King of Leinster that the son of the King of Connaught, Ae the Beautiful, and his wife, Ivell of the Shining Cheeks, were at the door, that they had been banished from Connaught by Ae’s father, and they were seeking the protection of the King of Leinster.

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**Who acts:** doorkeeper, wife, father, Cheeks · **What happens:** bring, be, banish, seek, protect · **To what, where:** word, King, door, Cheeks, Connaught, protection

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doorkeeper, wife, father, Cheeks), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2892:91:1
# text = The doorkeeper brought word to the King of Leinster that the son of the King of Connaught, Ae the Beautiful, and his wife, Ivell of the Shining Cheeks, were at the door, that they had been banished from Connaught by Ae’s father, and they were seeking the protection of the King of Leinster.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Connaught	Connaught	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	Ae	Ae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	Ivell	Ivell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	Shining	Shining	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	Cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
33	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
40	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
41	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	banished	banish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	conj	_	_
43	from	from	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Connaught	Connaught	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
45	by	by	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	Ae	Ae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	’s	's	PART	POS	_	46	case	_	_
48	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
52	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	48	conj	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the doorkeeper | word | the King of Leinster |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme to king=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | past | son's wife |  |  | the door |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **banish** | past · perfect · passive | Ae's father | Cheeks *= cheek* |  | Connaught |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from connaught=Source |
| 4 | **seek** | past · progressive | Cheeks *= cheek* | the protection of the King of Leinster |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protection=Theme |
| 5 | **protect** |  |  | the King of Leinster |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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