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title: Naois thought that it would not be well for him to remain in Erin on… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Naois thought that it would not be well for him to remain in Erin on account of the way in which Connachar, King of Ulster, his uncle's son, had gone against him because of the woman, though he had not married her; and he turned back to Alba, that is, Scotland. Who acts: Naois, colour, Connachar, th
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 98

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Naois thought that it would not be well for him to remain in Erin on account of the way in which Connachar, King of Ulster, his uncle's son, had gone against him because of the woman, though he had not married her; and he turned back to Alba, that is, Scotland.

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**Who acts:** Naois, colour, Connachar, that · **What happens:** think, not be, remain, go, not marry, turn back · **To what, where:** Erin, way, pace, Alba · **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 (Naois, colour, Connachar, that), 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:pg7885:13:98
# text = Naois thought that it would not be well for him to remain in Erin on account of the way in which Connachar, King of Ulster, his uncle's son, had gone against him because of the woman, though he had not married her; and he turned back to Alba, that is, Scotland.
1	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	46	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	obl	_	_
22	Connachar	Connachar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	's	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
33	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	acl:relcl	_	_
35	against	against	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	_
37	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	40	case	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	fixed	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
44	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
45	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	46	advmod	_	_
46	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
47	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
52	back	back	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	Alba	Alba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	57	nsubj	_	_
57	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Naois |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | colour |  |  | Erin |  | on account of the way | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in erin=Location |
| 4 | **go** | past · perfect | Connachar |  |  | the way |  | against colour; because the woman | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in which=Location |
| 5 | **not** **marry** | would · perfect · passive |  | pace |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **turn back** | past | colour |  | Alba |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to alba=Destination |
| 7 | **be** | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **account** |  |  | the way |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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