--- title: Silver-tree, went home, and begged the king to put the long-ship in… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Silver-tree, went home, and begged the king to put the long-ship in order, for that she was going to see her dear Gold-tree, as it was so long since she saw her. Who acts: Silver tree, well, ship. 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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 (Silver tree, well, ship), 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:pg7885:15:58 # text = Silver-tree, went home, and begged the king to put the long-ship in order, for that she was going to see her dear Gold-tree, as it was so long since she saw her. 1 Silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obl _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 29 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 39 since since SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Silver tree | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Silver tree *not said here* | | the king | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | Silver tree *not said here* | the long ship | | order | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ship=Theme in order=Destination | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | well | | | | | for that | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | well *not said here* | well's dear Gold tree | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | ship | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | past | well | Troutie | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/15/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/15/59/) - ↑ back to [Gold-tree and Silver-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/15/)