--- title: Like the other princes and chieftains of the island, he had a favour… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Like the other princes and chieftains of the island, he had a favourite story-teller, who held a large estate from his Majesty, on condition of telling him a new story every night of his life, before he went to sleep. Who acts: Dannan, favourite story teller, condition. 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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 (Dannan, favourite story teller, condition), 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:pg7885:20:2 # text = Like the other princes and chieftains of the island, he had a favourite story-teller, who held a large estate from his Majesty, on condition of telling him a new story every night of his life, before he went to sleep. 1 Like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 chieftains chieftain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 before before SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Dannan | a favourite story teller | | | | like the other princes and chieftains of the island | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teller=Patient | | 2 | **hold** | past | a favourite story teller | a large estate | | Dannan's Majesty | | on condition | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent estate=Theme on condition=Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | condition *not said here* | a new story | Dannan | | night | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient story=Topic | | 4 | **go** | past | Dannan | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/3/) - ↑ back to [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/)