--- title: "Why, the aspect and form of the men when seen are these," said the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Why, the aspect and form of the men when seen are these," said the hunter: "they have the colour of the raven on their hair, their skin like swan on the wave in whiteness, and their cheeks as the blood of the brindled red calf, and their speed and their leap are those of the salmon of the torrent a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/49/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [The Story of Deirdre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/) / 49 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 49 "Why, the aspect and form of the men when seen are these," said the hunter: "they have the colour of the raven on their hair, their skin like swan on the wave in whiteness, and their cheeks as the blood of the brindled red calf, and their speed and their leap are those of the salmon of the torrent and the deer of the grey mountain side. **Who acts:** hunter, Deirdre, speed · **What happens:** see, say, have, be, leap · **To what, where:** colour, those · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (hunter, Deirdre, speed), 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:pg7885:13:49 # text = "Why, the aspect and form of the men when seen are these," said the hunter: "they have the colour of the raven on their hair, their skin like swan on the wave in whiteness, and their cheeks as the blood of the brindled red calf, and their speed and their leap are those of the salmon of the torrent and the deer of the grey mountain side. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 12 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 whiteness whiteness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 brindled brindled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 52 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 61 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 62 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 conj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 torrent torrent NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 conj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 74 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 75 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 compound _ _ 76 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the hunter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Deirdre | the colour of the raven on Deirdre's hair and Deirdre's skin like swan on the wave in whiteness | | | | Deirdre's cheeks as the blood of the brindled red calf *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Deirdre's speed and Deirdre's leap | those | | | | of the salmon of the torrent and the deer of the grey mountain side | tree rules | | 5 | **leap** *in a quote* | | Deirdre | | | | | | nom leap «act 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/50/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Deirdre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/)