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title: With that the lank grey beggarman took a bag from under his armpit,… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: With that the lank grey beggarman took a bag from under his armpit, and from out the bag a ball of silk, and he unwound the ball and he flung it slantwise up into the clear blue heavens, and it became a ladder; then he took a hare and placed it upon the thread, and up it ran; again he took out a red
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-teller At Fault, sentence 106

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With that the lank grey beggarman took a bag from under his armpit, and from out the bag a ball of silk, and he unwound the ball and he flung it slantwise up into the clear blue heavens, and it became a ladder; then he took a hare and placed it upon the thread, and up it ran; again he took out a red-eared hound, and it swiftly ran up after the hare.

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**Who acts:** lank grey beggarman, beggarman, ball · **What happens:** take out, unwind, fling, become, take, place · **To what, where:** bag, armpit, ball, clear blue heavens, ladder, hare

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Story-teller At Fault. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lank grey beggarman, beggarman, ball), 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:pg7885:20:106
# text = With that the lank grey beggarman took a bag from under his armpit, and from out the bag a ball of silk, and he unwound the ball and he flung it slantwise up into the clear blue heavens, and it became a ladder; then he took a hare and placed it upon the thread, and up it ran; again he took out a red-eared hound, and it swiftly ran up after the hare.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	lank	lank	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beggarman	beggarman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	armpit	armpit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	unwound	unwind	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	slantwise	slantwise	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	up	up	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
36	into	into	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
38	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
39	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	heavens	heaven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
48	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	50	advmod	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
55	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
61	up	up	ADP	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
62	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
63	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	again	again	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
66	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
67	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
68	out	out	ADP	RP	_	67	compound:prt	_	_
69	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
70	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	eared	ear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	73	amod	_	_
73	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
76	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	78	nsubj	_	_
77	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	78	advmod	_	_
78	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
79	up	up	ADP	RP	_	78	compound:prt	_	_
80	after	after	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
81	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
82	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | past | the lank grey beggarman | a bag |  | beggarman's armpit |  | with that | tree rules |
| 2 | **unwind** | past | beggarman | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |
| 3 | **fling** | past | beggarman | ball |  | the clear blue heavens |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme into heaven=Destination |
| 4 | **become** | past | ball | a ladder |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **take** | past | beggarman |  | a hare |  | then |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hare=Destination |
| 6 | **place** | past | beggarman *not said here* | hare |  | the thread |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon thread=Destination |
| 7 | **run** | past | ball |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **take out** | past | beggarman | a eared hound |  |  | again |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Theme |
| 9 | **ear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **run up** | past | ball |  |  |  | after the hare | swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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