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title: These went forward until they came to the Ousel of Cilgwri, and Gwrh… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: These went forward until they came to the Ousel of Cilgwri, and Gwrhyr adjured her for the sake of Heaven, saying, "Tell me if thou knowest aught of Mabon, the son of Modron, who was taken when three nights old from between his mother and the wall." Who acts: These, lord, Gwrhyr, thou. A sentence of
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Wooing of Olwen, sentence 112

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These went forward until they came to the Ousel of Cilgwri, and Gwrhyr adjured her for the sake of Heaven, saying, "Tell me if thou knowest aught of Mabon, the son of Modron, who was taken when three nights old from between his mother and the wall."

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**Who acts:** These, lord, Gwrhyr, thou · **What happens:** go, come, adjure, say, tell, know · **To what, where:** Ousel, Cilgwri, Gwrhyr, aught, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Wooing of Olwen. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (These, lord, Gwrhyr, thou), 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:pg7885:17:112
# text = These went forward until they came to the Ousel of Cilgwri, and Gwrhyr adjured her for the sake of Heaven, saying, "Tell me if thou knowest aught of Mabon, the son of Modron, who was taken when three nights old from between his mother and the wall."
1	These	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Ousel	Ousel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Cilgwri	Cilgwri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	Gwrhyr	Gwrhyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	adjured	adjure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	ccomp	_	_
27	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	iobj	_	_
28	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	nsubj	_	_
30	knowest	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	ccomp	_	_
31	aught	aught	PRON	NN	PronType=Ind	30	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Mabon	Mabon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Modron	Modron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl	_	_
43	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	46	mark	_	_
44	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
45	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl:unmarked	_	_
46	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	ccomp	_	_
47	from	from	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	between	between	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | These |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | lord |  |  | the Ousel of Cilgwri |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ousel=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **adjure** | past | Gwrhyr | Cilgwri |  |  |  | for the sake of Heaven | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Gwrhyr *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | Gwrhyr |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | thou | aught |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer aught=Stimulus |
| 7 | **take** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | the son of Modron |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |

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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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