--- title: When they came to the fair, each one took a hide over his arm, and t… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When they came to the fair, each one took a hide over his arm, and there they were walking through the fair, bawling out at the top of their voices: "Hides to sell! hides to sell!" Who acts: Hudden, one. 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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 (Hudden, one), 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:pg7885:10:52 # text = When they came to the fair, each one took a hide over his arm, and there they were walking through the fair, bawling out at the top of their voices: "Hides to sell! hides to sell!" 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 bawling bawl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ 40 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Hudden | | | the fair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fair=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **take** | past | each one | a hide | | calf's arm | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent hide=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **walk** | past · progressive | Hudden | | | the fair; there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through fair=Trajectory | | 4 | **bawl out** *speech: other* | gerund | Hudden *not said here* | | | the top of Hudden's voices | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hide** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sell** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hide** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sell** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/53/) - ↑ back to [Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'neary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/)