--- title: "We must indeed," said the Gruagach; and at it they went, threw the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "We must indeed," said the Gruagach; and at it they went, threw the people some on one side and some on the other, and soon they had an opening for themselves to the king's castle. Who acts: Gruagach, sons. 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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 (Gruagach, sons), 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:pg7885:19:83 # text = "We must indeed," said the Gruagach; and at it they went, threw the people some on one side and some on the other, and soon they had an opening for themselves to the king's castle. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 4 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Gruagach | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | sons *= son* | | | road | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at it=Location | | 3 | **throw** | past | sons *= son* *not said here* | some | the people | one side | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent people=Destination some=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | sons *= son* | a opening | | | | for sons *= son*; to the king's castle; soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opening=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/84/) - ↑ back to [The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/)