--- title: Many indeed were the stories he knew, so that he had already reached… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Many indeed were the stories he knew, so that he had already reached a good old age without failing even for a single night in his task; and such was the skill he displayed that whatever cares of state or other annoyances might prey upon the monarch's mind, his story-teller was sure to send him to s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/) / 3 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-teller At Fault, sentence 3 Many indeed were the stories he knew, so that he had already reached a good old age without failing even for a single night in his task; and such was the skill he displayed that whatever cares of state or other annoyances might prey upon the monarch's mind, his story-teller was sure to send him to sleep. **Who acts:** Many stories, Dannan, such skill, cares, story teller, state · **What happens:** be, know, reach, fail, display, prey · **To what, where:** Many stories, good old age, such skill, Dannan 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 (Many stories, Dannan, such skill, cares), 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:pg7885:20:3 # text = Many indeed were the stories he knew, so that he had already reached a good old age without failing even for a single night in his task; and such was the skill he displayed that whatever cares of state or other annoyances might prey upon the monarch's mind, his story-teller was sure to send him to sleep. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 2 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 14 mark _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 already already ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 without without SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 failing fail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 displayed display VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 38 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 39 det _ _ 39 cares care NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 annoyances annoyance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 54 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 58 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 parataxis _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Many stories | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | past | the Many stories | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **reach** | past · perfect | Dannan | a good old age | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent age=Theme | | 4 | **fail** | gerund | Dannan *not said here* | | | | night | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the such skill | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **display** | past | the such skill | | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **prey** | might | whatever cares of state or other annoyances | | | | | upon the monarch's mind | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | Dannan's story teller | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **send** | to-infinitive | Dannan's story teller *not said here* | Dannan | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Dannan's story teller *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **task** | | Dannan | | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **care** | | state or other annoyances | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 13 | **mind** | | the monarch | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/4/) - ↑ back to [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/)