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title: Going looking for a whisp of straw from ye to give to the cow, the c… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Going looking for a whisp of straw from ye to give to the cow, the cow to give me milk, milk I will give to the cat, cat to scrape butter, butter to go in claw of hound, hound to hunt deer, deer to swim water, water to wet flag, flag to edge axe, axe to cut a rod, a rod to make a gad, a gad to hang 
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar, sentence 51

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Going looking for a whisp of straw from ye to give to the cow, the cow to give me milk, milk I will give to the cat, cat to scrape butter, butter to go in claw of hound, hound to hunt deer, deer to swim water, water to wet flag, flag to edge axe, axe to cut a rod, a rod to make a gad, a gad to hang Manachar, who ate my raspberries every one."

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**Who acts:** I, Manachar · **What happens:** go, look, give, scrape, hunt, swim · **To what, where:** cow, milk, me, cat, butter, claw

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Munachar and Manachar. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Manachar), 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:pg7885:14:51
# text = Going looking for a whisp of straw from ye to give to the cow, the cow to give me milk, milk I will give to the cat, cat to scrape butter, butter to go in claw of hound, hound to hunt deer, deer to swim water, water to wet flag, flag to edge axe, axe to cut a rod, a rod to make a gad, a gad to hang Manachar, who ate my raspberries every one."
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	whisp	whisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	_
20	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
21	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	acl:relcl	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	scrape	scrape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	acl	_	_
34	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	acl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	claw	claw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	acl	_	_
47	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	acl	_	_
52	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
61	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
62	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
64	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	conj	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
66	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	acl	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
70	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	_
72	to	to	PART	TO	_	73	mark	_	_
73	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	acl	_	_
74	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	gad	gad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
77	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	gad	gad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	_
79	to	to	PART	TO	_	80	mark	_	_
80	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	78	acl	_	_
81	Manachar	Manachar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	84	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
83	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	84	nsubj	_	_
84	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	80	ccomp	_	_
85	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	86	nmod:poss	_	_
86	raspberries	raspberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	84	obj	_	_
87	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	88	det	_	_
88	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a whisp of straw from ye | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for whisp=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | to-infinitive |  |  | the cow and the cow and milk and cat and butter and hound and deer and water |  |  | to wet flag and flag and edge axe and axe and a rod and a gad | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cow=Recipient |
| 4 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | milk | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient milk=Theme |
| 5 | **give** | future | I | milk *not said here* | the cat |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent milk=Theme to cat=Recipient |
| 6 | **scrape** | to-infinitive |  | butter |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butter=Patient |
| 7 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | claw of hound |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in claw=Location |
| 8 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  | deer |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme |
| 9 | **swim** | to-infinitive |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Trajectory |
| 10 | **cut** | to-infinitive |  | a rod |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rod=Product |
| 11 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a gad |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gad=Product |
| 12 | **hang** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 13 | **eat** | past | Manachar | my raspberries |  |  |  |  | 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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