--- title: At the feast Duv Laca sat beside the King of Leinster, but Mongan sa… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the feast Duv Laca sat beside the King of Leinster, but Mongan sat opposite him with Ivell, and Mongan put more and more magic into the hag, so that her cheeks shone and her eyes gleamed, and she was utterly bewitching to the eye; and when Branduv looked at her she seemed to grow more and more lo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/4/) [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 XX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/) / 4 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XX, sentence 4 At the feast Duv Laca sat beside the King of Leinster, but Mongan sat opposite him with Ivell, and Mongan put more and more magic into the hag, so that her cheeks shone and her eyes gleamed, and she was utterly bewitching to the eye; and when Branduv looked at her she seemed to grow more and more lovely and more and more desirable, and at last there was not a bone in his body as big as an inch that was not filled with love and longing for the girl. **Who acts:** Duv, Mongan, cheeks, eyes, Branduv · **What happens:** sit, put, shine, gleam, bewitch, look · **To what, where:** feast, inch 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 (Duv, Mongan, cheeks, eyes), 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:pg2892:91:4 # text = At the feast Duv Laca sat beside the King of Leinster, but Mongan sat opposite him with Ivell, and Mongan put more and more magic into the hag, so that her cheeks shone and her eyes gleamed, and she was utterly bewitching to the eye; and when Branduv looked at her she seemed to grow more and more lovely and more and more desirable, and at last there was not a bone in his body as big as an inch that was not filled with love and longing for the girl. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 beside beside ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Leinster Leinster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 Mongan Mongan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Ivell Ivell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 Mongan Mongan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 amod _ _ 27 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 gleamed gleam VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 bewitching bewitch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 52 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 54 advmod _ _ 53 Branduv Branduv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 60 advmod _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 64 advmod _ _ 64 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 conj _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 69 advmod _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 69 advmod _ _ 69 desirable desirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 at at ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 74 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 75 expl _ _ 75 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 acl:relcl _ _ 76 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 78 advmod _ _ 77 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 79 in in ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nmod _ _ 82 as as ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 83 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 84 as as ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 85 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obl _ _ 87 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 90 nsubj:pass _ _ 88 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 90 aux:pass _ _ 89 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 90 advmod _ _ 90 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 86 acl:relcl _ _ 91 with with ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 92 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 obl _ _ 93 and and CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 94 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 92 conj _ _ 95 for for ADP IN _ 97 case _ _ 96 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 97 det _ _ 97 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 98 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | Duv | | | the feast | | beside the King of Leinster | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at feast=Location | | 2 | **sit** | past | Mongan | feast | | | | with Ivell; opposite *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 3 | **put** | past | Mongan | | | | | into the hag | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shine** | past | Mongan's cheeks | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **gleam** | past | Mongan's eyes | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bewitch** | past · progressive | Duv | | | | | to the eye *result*; utterly *property* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to eye=Result | | 7 | **look** | past | Branduv | | | | | at Mongan | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 8 | **seem** | past | Duv | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 9 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Duv *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **not** **fill** | past · passive | | a inch | | | | with love | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with love=Instrument | | 11 | **long** | gerund | | | | | | for the girl | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for girl=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/5/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/)