--- title: Then said Arthur, "Since thou wilt not remain here, chieftain, thou… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Arthur, "Since thou wilt not remain here, chieftain, thou shalt receive the boon, whatsoever thy tongue may name, as far as the wind dries and the rain moistens, and the sun revolves, and the sea encircles, and the earth extends, save only my ships and my mantle, my sword, my lance, my shi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/12/) [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/) / [The Wooing of Olwen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/) / 12 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Wooing of Olwen, sentence 12 Then said Arthur, "Since thou wilt not remain here, chieftain, thou shalt receive the boon, whatsoever thy tongue may name, as far as the wind dries and the rain moistens, and the sun revolves, and the sea encircles, and the earth extends, save only my ships and my mantle, my sword, my lance, my shield, my dagger, and Guinevere my wife." **Who acts:** Arthur, thou, tongue, wind, rain, sun · **What happens:** say, not remain, receive, name, dry, moisten · **To what, where:** chieftain, boon, ships · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Arthur, thou, tongue, wind), 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:pg7885:17:12 # text = Then said Arthur, "Since thou wilt not remain here, chieftain, thou shalt receive the boon, whatsoever thy tongue may name, as far as the wind dries and the rain moistens, and the sun revolves, and the sea encircles, and the earth extends, save only my ships and my mantle, my sword, my lance, my shield, my dagger, and Guinevere my wife." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Since since SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 8 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 11 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 chieftain chieftain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 boon boon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 dries dry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 moistens moisten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 revolves revolve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 encircles encircle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 extends extend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 54 only only ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 74 Guinevere Guinevere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 compound _ _ 75 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 " " PUNCT '' _ 76 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Arthur | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **remain** *in a quote* | future | thou | chieftain | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **receive** *in a quote* | shall | thou | the boon | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boon=Theme | | 4 | **name** *in a quote* | may | thy tongue | | | | | far, whatsoever *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **dry** *in a quote* | present | the wind | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **moisten** *in a quote* | present | the rain | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **revolve** *in a quote* | present | the sun | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **encircle** *in a quote* | present | the sea | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **extend** *in a quote* | present | the earth | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **save** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my ships and my mantle and my sword | | | | my lance and my shield and my dagger *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/13/) - ↑ back to [The Wooing of Olwen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/)