--- title: The king ordered the shoots to be cut down, and this was done twice,… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king ordered the shoots to be cut down, and this was done twice, until, at the third time, the wife whom the king had married caused him to stop this work of evil and his vengeance on the remains of the dead. Who acts: king, shoots, wife, shoot. 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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 (king, shoots, wife, shoot), 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:pg7885:13:208 # text = The king ordered the shoots to be cut down, and this was done twice, until, at the third time, the wife whom the king had married caused him to stop this work of evil and his vengeance on the remains of the dead. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shoots shoot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 15 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 17 until until SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 amod _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 26 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | the king | the shoots | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent shoot=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **cut down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the shoots *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 3 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | twice *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | | the king | | | | the wife *obl* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **cause** | past | the wife | shoot | | | time | | tree rules | | 6 | **stop** | to-infinitive | shoot *not said here* | this work of evil and shoot's vengeance on the remains of the dead | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality work=Eventuality | | 7 | **work** | | evil | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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 207](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/207/) - next →: [Munachar and Manachar, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/14/1/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Deirdre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/)