--- title: Well, it was all mighty good, as long as the king had his health; bu… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, it was all mighty good, as long as the king had his health; but, you see, in course of time the king grew old, by raison he was stiff in his limbs, and when he got stricken in years, his heart failed him, and he was lost entirely for want o' diversion, because he couldn't go a-hunting no longe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/4/) [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/) / [King O'toole and His Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/) / 4 # Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'toole and His Goose, sentence 4 Well, it was all mighty good, as long as the king had his health; but, you see, in course of time the king grew old, by raison he was stiff in his limbs, and when he got stricken in years, his heart failed him, and he was lost entirely for want o' diversion, because he couldn't go a-hunting no longer; and, by dad, the poor king was obliged at last to get a goose to divert him. **Who acts:** life, king, you, course, heart, dad · **What happens:** be, have, see, grow, get, fail · **To what, where:** health, limbs, king, diversion, poor king, last · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, King O'toole and His Goose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (life, king, you, course), 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:pg7885:16:4 # text = Well, it was all mighty good, as long as the king had his health; but, you see, in course of time the king grew old, by raison he was stiff in his limbs, and when he got stricken in years, his heart failed him, and he was lost entirely for want o' diversion, because he couldn't go a-hunting no longer; and, by dad, the poor king was obliged at last to get a goose to divert him. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 raison raison NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 45 stricken stricken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 conj _ _ 58 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 advcl _ _ 61 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ' 's PART POS _ 61 case _ _ 63 diversion diversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 because because SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 68 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 parataxis _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ SpaceAfter=No 71 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 advcl _ _ 73 no no ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 74 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 72 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ; ; PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 78 by by ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nsubj _ _ 84 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 85 aux:pass _ _ 85 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 86 at at ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 87 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 85 obl _ _ 88 to to PART TO _ 89 mark _ _ 89 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 85 advcl _ _ 90 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obj _ _ 92 to to PART TO _ 93 mark _ _ 93 divert divert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 89 xcomp _ _ 94 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 93 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | life | | | | | all, good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | the king | king's health | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Patient | | 3 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **grow** | past | course | | | | time | old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | king | | | king's limbs | | by raison; stiff *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | past | king | | | | year | stricken *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **fail** | past | king's heart | king | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 8 | **lose** | past · passive | | king | | | | entirely *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 9 | **want** | present | | o's diversion | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot diversion=Theme | | 10 | **not** **go** | could | king | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **hunt** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **oblige** | past · passive | dad | the poor king | | last | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 13 | **get** | to-infinitive | dad *not said here* | a goose | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **divert** | to-infinitive | a goose *not said here* | king | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 15 | **divert** | | o | | | | | | nom diversion «act transitive»: poss=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/5/) - ↑ back to [King O'toole and His Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/)