--- title: Now the black calf had just been slaughtered, and was hanging on the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the black calf had just been slaughtered, and was hanging on the hook; but it got off the hook alive and well and followed her; and the oxen, though they were ploughing, trailed the plough with them and did her bidding. Who acts: calf, oxen, Geringer. 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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 (calf, oxen, Geringer), 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:pg7885:11:35 # text = Now the black calf had just been slaughtered, and was hanging on the hook; but it got off the hook alive and well and followed her; and the oxen, though they were ploughing, trailed the plough with them and did her bidding. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 slaughtered slaughter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 20 off off ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 ploughing plough VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 trailed trail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slaughter** | past · perfect · passive | | the black calf | | | | the oxen *obl* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **hang** | past · progressive | | | | the hook | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hook=Location | | 3 | **get off** | past | calf | the hook | | | | alive *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hook=Stimulus | | 4 | **follow** | past | calf *not said here* | Geringer | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **plough** | past · progressive | oxen *= ox* | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **trail** | past | | the plough | | | | with oxen *= ox* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plough=Theme | | 7 | **do** | past | | Geringer's bidding | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | | 8 | **bid** | | Geringer | | | | | | nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/11/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/11/36/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd of Myddvai](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/11/)