--- title: So they went thither, and the eagle said, "Salmon of Llyn Llyw, I ha… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they went thither, and the eagle said, "Salmon of Llyn Llyw, I have come to thee with an embassy from Arthur to ask thee if thou knowest aught concerning Mabon, the son of Modron, who was taken away at three nights old from between his mother and the wall." Who acts: wings, eagle, thou. 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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 (wings, eagle, thou), 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:pg7885:17:136 # text = So they went thither, and the eagle said, "Salmon of Llyn Llyw, I have come to thee with an embassy from Arthur to ask thee if thou knowest aught concerning Mabon, the son of Modron, who was taken away at three nights old from between his mother and the wall." 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thither thither ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Llyn Llyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 Llyw Llyw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP TO _ 21 case _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 embassy embassy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obj _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 knowest know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 32 obj _ _ 34 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 Mabon Mabon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Modron Modron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 between between ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | wings *= wing* | | | | | thither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eagle | Salmon of Llyn | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent salmon=Topic | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the eagle *= eagle* | | | thee | | with a embassy from Arthur | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to thou=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | thee | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 5 | **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 | | 6 | **concern** *in a quote* | gerund | | Mabon | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mabon=Experiencer | | 7 | **take away** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the son of Modron | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/137/) - ↑ back to [The Wooing of Olwen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/)