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title: And Ferchar Mac Ro gave his vow and his word in presence of his arms… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And Ferchar Mac Ro gave his vow and his word in presence of his arms that, in any harm or danger that came in the way of the sons of Uisnech, he and his three sons would not leave head on live body in Erin, despite sword or helmet, spear or shield, blade or mail, be they ever so good. Who acts: Mac 
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 127

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And Ferchar Mac Ro gave his vow and his word in presence of his arms that, in any harm or danger that came in the way of the sons of Uisnech, he and his three sons would not leave head on live body in Erin, despite sword or helmet, spear or shield, blade or mail, be they ever so good.

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**Who acts:** Mac Ro, harm, son, Ro · **What happens:** give, come, not leave, be, vow, word · **To what, where:** vow, presence, way, arms, harm

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Story of Deirdre. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mac Ro, harm, son, Ro), 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:pg7885:13:127
# text = And Ferchar Mac Ro gave his vow and his word in presence of his arms that, in any harm or danger that came in the way of the sons of Uisnech, he and his three sons would not leave head on live body in Erin, despite sword or helmet, spear or shield, blade or mail, be they ever so good.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	Ferchar	Ferchar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Ro	Ro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	csubj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	of	of	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	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
20	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Uisnech	Uisnech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
38	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nsubj	_	_
39	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
41	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl:relcl	_	_
42	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
43	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
51	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	_
55	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	_
59	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	mail	mail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
62	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	cop	_	_
63	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
64	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	66	advmod	_	_
65	so	so	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	66	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Mac Ro | son's vow and son's word |  | presence of son's arms |  | despite sword or helmet and spear or shield and blade or mail | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | any harm or danger |  |  | the way of the sons of Uisnech |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location |
| 3 | **not** **leave** | would | son | son's arms |  | any harm or danger |  | on live body; in Erin | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Theme head=Attribute |
| 4 | **is** | infinitive | Ro |  |  |  | ever | good *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **vow** |  | son |  |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **word** |  | son |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication 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:** «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.

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