--- title: She foretold to her stepson, Kilhuch, that it was his destiny to mar… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She foretold to her stepson, Kilhuch, that it was his destiny to marry a maiden named Olwen, or none other, and he, at his father's bidding, went to the court of his cousin, King Arthur, to ask as a boon the hand of the maiden. Who acts: wife, stepson, briar, father. 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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 (wife, stepson, briar, father), 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:pg7885:17:4 # text = She foretold to her stepson, Kilhuch, that it was his destiny to marry a maiden named Olwen, or none other, and he, at his father's bidding, went to the court of his cousin, King Arthur, to ask as a boon the hand of the maiden. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 foretold foretell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 stepson stepson NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Kilhuch Kilhuch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 Olwen Olwen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 17 conj _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 boon boon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **foretell** | participle | wife | | | | | to wife's stepson | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | stepson | briar's destiny | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | a maiden | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Patient | | 4 | **name** | participle | | a maiden *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | past | briar | | | the court of briar's cousin | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | briar *not said here* | | | | | as a boon | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bid** | | briar's father | | | | | | nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/5/) - ↑ back to [The Wooing of Olwen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/)