--- title: When the king of Erin heard what the Gruagach said, and saw the tong… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the king of Erin heard what the Gruagach said, and saw the tongues of the giant fitted in the head, he made the Shee an Gannon kneel down by his daughter, and they were married on the spot. Who acts: king, Gruagach, Gannon. 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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 (king, Gruagach, Gannon), 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:pg7885:19:93 # text = When the king of Erin heard what the Gruagach said, and saw the tongues of the giant fitted in the head, he made the Shee an Gannon kneel down by his daughter, and they were married on the spot. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Shee Shee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Gannon Gannon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 kneel kneel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 31 down down ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ 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:pass _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the king of Erin | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Gruagach | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past | the king of Erin *not said here* | the tongues of the giant | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tongue=Stimulus | | 4 | **fit** | participle | | the giant *not said here* | | the head | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in head=Trajectory | | 5 | **make** | past | Gruagach | the Shee | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shee=Product | | 6 | **kneel down** | infinitive | a Gannon | | | | | by Gruagach's daughter | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by daughter=Location | | 7 | **marry** | past · passive | | tongues *= tongue* | | the spot | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/94/) - ↑ back to [The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/)