--- title: They came to Mongan’s palace at Moy Linney, and it was not until the… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They came to Mongan’s palace at Moy Linney, and it was not until they reached the palace that they found they had been away one whole year, for they had thought they were only away one night. Who acts: treasures, palace. 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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 (treasures, palace), 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:pg2892:91:41 # text = They came to Mongan’s palace at Moy Linney, and it was not until they reached the palace that they found they had been away one whole year, for they had thought they were only away one night. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Mongan Mongan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Moy Moy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 Linney Linney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 15 until until SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | treasures *= treasure* | | | Mongan's palace at Moy | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | palace | | | | | reach *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past | treasures *= treasure* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | treasures *= treasure* | | | | year | away *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | treasures *= treasure* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | treasures *= treasure* | | | | night | away *property* | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/42/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/91/)