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title: When the men neared them, Deirdre remembered the language of the hun… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: When the men neared them, Deirdre remembered the language of the huntsman, and she said to herself that these were the three sons of Uisnech, and that this was Naois, he having what was above the bend of the two shoulders above the men of Erin all. Who acts: men, Deirdre, nurse, these. A sentence of
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 83

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When the men neared them, Deirdre remembered the language of the huntsman, and she said to herself that these were the three sons of Uisnech, and that this was Naois, he having what was above the bend of the two shoulders above the men of Erin all.

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**Who acts:** men, Deirdre, nurse, these, this, Naois · **What happens:** near, remember, say, be, have · **To what, where:** Deirdre, language, nurse, three sons, Naois, all · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (men, Deirdre, nurse, these), 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:pg7885:13:83
# text = When the men neared them, Deirdre remembered the language of the huntsman, and she said to herself that these were the three sons of Uisnech, and that this was Naois, he having what was above the bend of the two shoulders above the men of Erin all.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	neared	near	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	17	obl	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
21	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	25	nsubj	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	ccomp	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Uisnech	Uisnech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
31	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	nsubj	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
33	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
37	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	41	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
39	above	above	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	bend	bend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	parataxis	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
45	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	_
46	above	above	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
51	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **near** | past | the men | Deirdre |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remember** | past | Deirdre | the language of the huntsman |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent language=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | nurse |  | nurse |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient |
| 4 | **is a** | past | these | the three sons |  |  |  | of Uisnech | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | past | this | Naois |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | gerund | Naois | all |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient |
| 7 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the bend |  | of the two shoulders above the men of Erin | tree rules |

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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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