--- title: Glivi stood on the summit of his castle, and said, "Arthur, what req… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Glivi stood on the summit of his castle, and said, "Arthur, what requirest thou of me, since nothing remains to me in this fortress, and I have neither joy nor pleasure in it; neither wheat nor oats?" Who acts: Glivi, nothing. 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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 (Glivi, nothing), 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:pg7885:17:104 # text = Glivi stood on the summit of his castle, and said, "Arthur, what requirest thou of me, since nothing remains to me in this fortress, and I have neither joy nor pleasure in it; neither wheat nor oats?" 1 Glivi Glivi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 17 requirest require VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 since since SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 24 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 fortress fortress NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 34 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 37 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 43 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 44 cc _ _ 44 oats oat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Glivi | neither wheat nor oats | | the summit of Glivi's castle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on summit=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Glivi *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **require** *in a quote* | present | | Arthur | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | Glivi | this fortress | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fortress=Location | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Glivi | neither joy nor pleasure in castle | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Patient | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/105/) - ↑ back to [The Wooing of Olwen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/)