--- title: When the king saw the woman that was before him that he had been in… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the king saw the woman that was before him that he had been in quest of, he thought he never saw in the course of the day nor in the dream of night a creature so fair as Deirdre and he gave his full heart's weight of love to her. Who acts: king, woman, 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 (king, woman, 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:pg7885:13:72 # text = When the king saw the woman that was before him that he had been in quest of, he thought he never saw in the course of the day nor in the dream of night a creature so fair as Deirdre and he gave his full heart's weight of love to her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 ccomp _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Deirdre Deirdre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the woman | | | | before Connachar | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | Connachar | | | quest | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Connachar | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **see** | past | Connachar | | | the course of the day a creature nor the dream of night | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **give** | past | Connachar | Connachar's full heart's weight of love | woman | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent weight=Theme to she=Recipient | | 7 | **dream** | | | night | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/73/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Deirdre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/)