--- title: "I will give you my daughter in marriage," said the king of Erin; "y… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I will give you my daughter in marriage," said the king of Erin; "you won't get her, though, unless you go and bring me back the tidings that I want, and tell me what it is that put a stop to the laughing of the Gruagach Gaire, who before this laughed always, and laughed so loud that the whole worl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/2/) [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 Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Ga…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/) / 2 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire, sentence 2 "I will give you my daughter in marriage," said the king of Erin; "you won't get her, though, unless you go and bring me back the tidings that I want, and tell me what it is that put a stop to the laughing of the Gruagach Gaire, who before this laughed always, and laughed so loud that the whole world heard him. **Who acts:** king, you, Shee, Gruagach Gaire, whole world · **What happens:** give, say, not get, go, bring back, want · **To what, where:** daughter, marriage, Erin, tidings, king · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, you, Shee, Gruagach Gaire), 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:pg7885:19:2 # text = "I will give you my daughter in marriage," said the king of Erin; "you won't get her, though, unless you go and bring me back the tidings that I want, and tell me what it is that put a stop to the laughing of the Gruagach Gaire, who before this laughed always, and laughed so loud that the whole world heard him. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 21 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 though though ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 47 obj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 nsubj _ _ 47 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 laughing laughing NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 Gaire Gaire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 59 before before SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj _ _ 61 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 62 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 66 so so ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 xcomp _ _ 68 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 72 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the king of Erin *= king* | | my daughter | marriage | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king of Erin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | future | you | Erin | | | | though *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bring back** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the tidings | the king of Erin *= king* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination tiding=Theme | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the king of Erin *= king* | the tidings | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the king of Erin *= king* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Shee | | | | | to the laughing of the Gruagach Gaire; put *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | the Gruagach Gaire | | | | | always *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | the Gruagach Gaire *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | the whole world | king | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/3/) - ↑ back to [The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/)