--- title: But the cowboy made after the hare, and the Gruagach after the cowbo… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the cowboy made after the hare, and the Gruagach after the cowboy, and they ran as fast as ever their legs could carry them till nightfall; and when the hare was entering the castle where the twelve sons of the Gruagach were killed, the cowboy caught him by the two hind legs and dashed out his b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/65/) [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/) / 65 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire, sentence 65 But the cowboy made after the hare, and the Gruagach after the cowboy, and they ran as fast as ever their legs could carry them till nightfall; and when the hare was entering the castle where the twelve sons of the Gruagach were killed, the cowboy caught him by the two hind legs and dashed out his brains against the wall; and the skull of the hare was knocked into the chief room of the castle, and fell at the feet of the master of the place. **Who acts:** cowboy, legs, hare · **What happens:** make, run, carry, enter, kill, catch · **To what, where:** cowboy, bundles, castle, twelve sons, hare, brains 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 (cowboy, legs, hare), 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:pg7885:19:65 # text = But the cowboy made after the hare, and the Gruagach after the cowboy, and they ran as fast as ever their legs could carry them till nightfall; and when the hare was entering the castle where the twelve sons of the Gruagach were killed, the cowboy caught him by the two hind legs and dashed out his brains against the wall; and the skull of the hare was knocked into the chief room of the castle, and fell at the feet of the master of the place. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cowboy cowboy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cowboy cowboy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 26 advmod _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 till till ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 cowboy cowboy NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 nummod _ _ 56 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 60 out out ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obj _ _ 63 against against ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 75 into into ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 84 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 85 at at ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 84 obl _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nmod _ _ 91 of of ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | | the cowboy *not said here* | | | after the hare | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **run** | past | the cowboy | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | could | bundles's legs | bundles *= bundle* | | | till nightfall; ever | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **enter** | past · progressive | the hare | the castle | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Destination | | 5 | **kill** | past · passive | | the twelve sons of the Gruagach | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **catch** | past | the cowboy | hare | | | | by the two hind legs | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **dash out** | past | the cowboy *not said here* | hare's brains | | | | against the wall | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent brain=Instrument against wall=Patient | | 8 | **knock** | past · passive | | the skull of the hare | | the chief room of the castle | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into room=Destination | | 9 | **fall** | past | the cowboy *not said here* | | | the feet of the master of the place | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/66/) - ↑ back to [The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/)