--- title: Of course he deemed that this could never be; and she, summoning fro… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Of course he deemed that this could never be; and she, summoning from the lake three cows, two oxen, and a bull, as her marriage portion, was led homeward by him as his bride. Who acts: shepherd, Myddvai. 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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 (shepherd, Myddvai), 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:pg7885:11:17 # text = Of course he deemed that this could never be; and she, summoning from the lake three cows, two oxen, and a bull, as her marriage portion, was led homeward by him as his bride. 1 Of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 4 advmod _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 summoning summon VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 35 homeward homeward NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deem** | past | shepherd | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **summon** | infinitive · progressive | Myddvai | | | the lake and three cows and two oxen and a bull | | as Myddvai's marriage portion | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lead** | past · passive | shepherd | homeward | | | | as shepherd's bride | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as bride=Attribute | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/11/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/11/18/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd of Myddvai](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/11/)