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title: At this some one fetched to her the knight of Grianaig, and when Ian… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: At this some one fetched to her the knight of Grianaig, and when Ian had told his tale, he vowed that the maiden was right, and that his elder daughters should never wed with men who had not only taken glory to themselves which did not belong to them, but had left the real doer of the deeds to his f
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 6, sentence 42

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At this some one fetched to her the knight of Grianaig, and when Ian had told his tale, he vowed that the maiden was right, and that his elder daughters should never wed with men who had not only taken glory to themselves which did not belong to them, but had left the real doer of the deeds to his fate.

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**Who acts:** Ian, maiden, elder daughters, men, glory · **What happens:** fetch, tell, vow, be, not wed, not take · **To what, where:** knight, smith, tale, glory, girl, real doer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ian, maiden, elder daughters, men), 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:pg3027:6:42
# text = At this some one fetched to her the knight of Grianaig, and when Ian had told his tale, he vowed that the maiden was right, and that his elder daughters should never wed with men who had not only taken glory to themselves which did not belong to them, but had left the real doer of the deeds to his fate.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Grianaig	Grianaig	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
14	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
15	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	vowed	vow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
27	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
32	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
34	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	36	advmod	_	_
36	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
39	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	43	nsubj	_	_
40	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
41	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	43	advmod	_	_
42	only	only	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	38	acl:relcl	_	_
44	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	44	nmod	_	_
47	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
48	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
49	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	50	advmod	_	_
50	belong	belong	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	acl:relcl	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	doer	doer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nmod	_	_
63	to	to	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | past |  | the knight of Grianaig | smith |  |  | at this one | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent knight=Theme at one=Asset |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Ian |  | Ian's tale |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient |
| 3 | **vow** | past | Ian |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | the maiden |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **wed** | should | Ian's elder daughters |  |  |  |  | with men | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with man=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **not** **take** | past · perfect | men | glory |  |  |  | to girl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent glory=Theme to themselves=Destination |
| 7 | **not** **belong** | past · do-support | glory |  | girl |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **leave** | past · perfect |  | the real doer of the deeds | Ian's fate |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent doer=Theme to fate=Recipient |
| 9 | **tell** |  | Ian |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **fate** |  | Ian |  |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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