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title: He put it on, and taking the twelve iron loops, put them on the neck… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: He put it on, and taking the twelve iron loops, put them on the necks of the twelve daughters of the house, then snapped the twelve heads off them, and turning to their father, said: "I'll do the same thing to you unless you bring the twelve sons of my master to life, and make them as well and stron
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire, sentence 77

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He put it on, and taking the twelve iron loops, put them on the necks of the twelve daughters of the house, then snapped the twelve heads off them, and turning to their father, said: "I'll do the same thing to you unless you bring the twelve sons of my master to life, and make them as well and strong as when you took their heads."

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**Who acts:** master, you · **What happens:** put on, take, put, snap, turn, say · **To what, where:** flesh, twelve iron loops, loops, necks, twelve heads, same thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (master, you), 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:pg7885:19:77
# text = He put it on, and taking the twelve iron loops, put them on the necks of the twelve daughters of the house, then snapped the twelve heads off them, and turning to their father, said: "I'll do the same thing to you unless you bring the twelve sons of my master to life, and make them as well and strong as when you took their heads."
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	loops	loop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	27	advmod	_	_
27	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
30	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
31	off	off	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	advcl	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
42	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	ccomp	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	45	obl	_	_
51	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
52	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	56	nummod	_	_
56	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	conj	_	_
65	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	obj	_	_
66	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	69	cc	_	_
67	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	66	fixed	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
69	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	conj	_	_
70	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	73	mark	_	_
71	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	73	advmod	_	_
72	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
73	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	advcl	_	_
74	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put on** | past | master | flesh |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | master *not said here* | the twelve iron loops |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loop=Theme |
| 3 | **put** | infinitive | master *not said here* | loops *= loop* |  | the necks of the twelve daughters of the house |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on neck=Destination |
| 4 | **snap** | past |  | the twelve heads |  |  | then | off loops *= loop* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient off they=Co-Patient |
| 5 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to loops's father *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to father=Result |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | master *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **do** *in a quote* | future | master | the same thing | you |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
| 8 | **bring** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | the twelve sons of my master |  | life |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme to life=Destination |
| 9 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | master *not said here* | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 10 | **take** *in a quote* | past | you | loops's heads |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

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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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