--- title: Just before he got to the fair, he made several slits in the hide, p… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Just before he got to the fair, he made several slits in the hide, put a penny in each slit, walked into the best inn of the town as bold as if it belonged to him, and, hanging the hide up to a nail in the wall, sat down. Who acts: Donald, penny. 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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 (Donald, penny), 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:pg7885:10:14 # text = Just before he got to the fair, he made several slits in the hide, put a penny in each slit, walked into the best inn of the town as bold as if it belonged to him, and, hanging the hide up to a nail in the wall, sat down. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 slits slit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 slit slit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 28 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 55 down down ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Donald | | | | | to the fair *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to fair=Result | | 2 | **make** | past | Donald | several slits | | the hide | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slit=Product | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | Donald *not said here* | a penny | | each slit | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent penny=Theme in slit=Destination | | 4 | **walk** | past | Donald *not said here* | | | | | into the best inn of the town *result*; as bold | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into inn=Result | | 5 | **belong** | past | penny | | Donald | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hide up** | present | Donald *not said here* | | | the wall | | to a nail | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wall=Location | | 8 | **sit down** | past | Donald *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/15/) - ↑ back to [Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'neary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/)