--- title: So he took the wooden one; and going to the pot, brought out on the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he took the wooden one; and going to the pot, brought out on the pike all the stork except a small bite, and he and the Gruagach fell to eating, and they were eating the flesh of the stork all night. Who acts: cowboy, pikes. 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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 (cowboy, pikes), 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:pg7885:19:72 # text = So he took the wooden one; and going to the pot, brought out on the pike all the stork except a small bite, and he and the Gruagach fell to eating, and they were eating the flesh of the stork all night. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pike pike NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ 22 except except ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 eating eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | cowboy | the wooden one | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 2 | **go** | gerund | cowboy *not said here* | all stork except a small bite | | the pot | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pot=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **bring out** | participle | | the pot *not said here* | | | | on the pike | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fall** | past | cowboy | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | infinitive | cowboy *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **eat** | past · progressive | pikes *= pike* | the flesh of the stork | | | night | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/73/) - ↑ back to [The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/)