--- title: But one day, and it was the namesake of the day when his father had… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But one day, and it was the namesake of the day when his father had promised him to the sea-maiden, they were sauntering by the side of the loch, and lo and behold! she came and took him away to the loch without leave or asking. Who acts: wedding, father, dresses, daughter. 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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 (wedding, father, dresses, daughter), 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:pg7885:21:143 # text = But one day, and it was the namesake of the day when his father had promised him to the sea-maiden, they were sauntering by the side of the loch, and lo and behold! she came and took him away to the loch without leave or asking. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 namesake namesake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 sauntering saunter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 loch loch NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 lo lo INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 behold behold INTJ UH _ 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 loch loch NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 without without ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | wedding | the namesake | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | herd's father | | herd | | | to the sea maiden *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent he=Theme to maiden=Goal | | 3 | **saunter** | past · progressive | dresses *= dress* | | | | | by the side of the loch | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by side=Trajectory | | 4 | **come** | past | daughter | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take away** | past | daughter *not said here* | herd | | | | to the loch without leave; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/144/) - ↑ back to [The Sea-maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/)