--- title: "Though that be good, O Duanan, it will not make the heroes return,"… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Though that be good, O Duanan, it will not make the heroes return," said Connachar; "they are gone without regard for me, and without honour to me, and without power on my part to pursue them or to force them to return this night." Who acts: that, sea, heroes, Connachar. 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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 (that, sea, heroes, Connachar), 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:pg7885:13:176 # text = "Though that be good, O Duanan, it will not make the heroes return," said Connachar; "they are gone without regard for me, and without honour to me, and without power on my part to pursue them or to force them to return this night." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Though though SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 8 case _ _ 8 Duanan Duanan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 Connachar Connachar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 parataxis _ _ 26 without without ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 32 without without ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 without without ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | that | | | | | of Duanan; good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | future | sea | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material | | 3 | **return** *in a quote* | present | the heroes | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Connachar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | heroes *= hero* | | | | | without regard; for Connachar; go *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pursue** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | power on my part | heroes *= hero* | | | | without honour to me | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **force** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | power on my part *not said here* | heroes *= hero* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **return** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | heroes *= hero* *not said here* | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/175/) - next →: [sentence 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/177/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Deirdre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/)