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title: And he had another peculiarity--so great was the heat of his nature,… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And he had another peculiarity--so great was the heat of his nature, that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a handbreadth below his hand; and when his companions were coldest, it was to them as fuel with which to light their fire. Who acts: Kay, th
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Wooing of Olwen, sentence 26

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And he had another peculiarity--so great was the heat of his nature, that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a handbreadth below his hand; and when his companions were coldest, it was to them as fuel with which to light their fire.

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**Who acts:** Kay, that, companions, peculiarity · **What happens:** have, be, rain, carry, remain, light · **To what, where:** peculiarity, great heat, hardest, fire

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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 (Kay, that, companions, peculiarity), 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:pg7885:17:26
# text = And he had another peculiarity--so great was the heat of his nature, that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a handbreadth below his hand; and when his companions were coldest, it was to them as fuel with which to light their fire.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	peculiarity	peculiarity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	rained	rain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	conj	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
26	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	conj	_	_
27	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	xcomp	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	handbreadth	handbreadth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	above	above	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	handbreadth	handbreadth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
35	below	below	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
40	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	44	mark	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nsubj	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
44	coldest	cold	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
47	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	conj	_	_
50	as	as	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	obl	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	light	light	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	acl:relcl	_	_
56	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Kay | another peculiarity |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peculiarity=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the great heat |  |  |  | of Kay's nature | tree rules |
| 3 | **rain** | past | that | hardest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **carry** | past | Kay |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **remain** | participle | Kay *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | Kay's companions |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | peculiarity |  |  |  |  | to handbreadth; as fuel | tree rules |
| 8 | **light** | to-infinitive | peculiarity *not said here* | companions's fire |  |  |  | with fuel | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product with which=Material |
| 9 | **fire** |  | companions *= companion* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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