--- title: Going looking for the makings of a cake which I will give to the thr… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Going looking for the makings of a cake which I will give to the threshers, the threshers to give me a whisp of straw, the whisp of straw I will 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 swi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/14/56/) [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/) / [Munachar and Manachar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/14/) / 56 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar, sentence 56 Going looking for the makings of a cake which I will give to the threshers, the threshers to give me a whisp of straw, the whisp of straw I will 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." **Who acts:** I, Manachar, cake · **What happens:** go, look, give, scrape, hunt, swim · **To what, where:** cake, threshers, whisp, me, cow, milk 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, cake), 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:pg7885:14:56 # text = Going looking for the makings of a cake which I will give to the threshers, the threshers to give me a whisp of straw, the whisp of straw I will 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 makings making NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 threshers thresher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 threshers thresher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 whisp whisp NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 whisp whisp NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 scrape scrape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 56 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 claw claw NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 69 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 conj _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 advcl _ _ 74 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 conj _ _ 77 to to ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 81 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 conj _ _ 82 to to PART TO _ 84 mark _ _ 83 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 compound _ _ 84 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 86 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 conj _ _ 87 to to PART TO _ 88 mark _ _ 88 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 86 acl _ _ 89 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 92 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 conj _ _ 94 to to PART TO _ 95 mark _ _ 95 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 93 acl _ _ 96 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 97 det _ _ 97 gad gad NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 98 , , PUNCT , _ 100 punct _ _ 99 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 100 det _ _ 100 gad gad NOUN NN Number=Sing 97 appos _ _ 101 to to PART TO _ 102 mark _ _ 102 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 100 acl _ _ 103 Manachar Manachar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 106 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 104 , , PUNCT , _ 106 punct _ _ 105 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 106 nsubj _ _ 106 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 102 ccomp _ _ 107 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 108 nmod:poss _ _ 108 raspberries raspberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 106 obj _ _ 109 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 110 det _ _ 110 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 106 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 111 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 112 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | 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 the makings of a cake | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for making=Theme | | 3 | **give** | future | I | a cake | the threshers and the threshers | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to thresher=Recipient | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a whisp of straw and the whisp | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient whisp=Theme | | 5 | **give** | future | I | the whisp *not said here* | the cow and the cow and milk and cat | | | of straw | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent whisp=Theme to cow=Recipient | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | milk | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient milk=Theme | | 7 | **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 | | 8 | **scrape** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | butter and butter | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butter=Patient | | 9 | **go** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | claw of hound and hound | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in claw=Location | | 10 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | deer and deer | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | | 11 | **swim** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | water and water | | | | to wet flag and flag and edge axe and axe and a rod | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Trajectory | | 12 | **cut** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a rod | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rod=Product | | 13 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a gad | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gad=Product | | 14 | **hang** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a gad *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **eat** | past | Manachar | my raspberries | | | | | tree rules | | 16 | **make** | | a cake | | | | | | nom making «act intransitive»: of=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/14/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/14/57/) - ↑ back to [Munachar and Manachar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/14/)