--- title: No sooner said he this than the falcon was after the hoodie, and she… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner said he this than the falcon was after the hoodie, and she was not long putting her to earth; and as the hoodie fell on the bank of the loch, out of her jumps the trout. " Who acts: falcon, princess. 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" **Who acts:** falcon, princess · **What happens:** say, be, not be, put, fall, jump · **To what, where:** this, princess, bank, trout · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Sea-maiden. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (falcon, princess), 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:pg7885:21:166 # text = No sooner said he this than the falcon was after the hoodie, and she was not long putting her to earth; and as the hoodie fell on the bank of the loch, out of her jumps the trout. " 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hoodie hoodie NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 19 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hoodie hoodie NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 loch loch NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 39 jumps jump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 trout trout NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | this | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | the falcon | | | | | than the hoodie | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | princess | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | gerund | princess *not said here* | | princess | | | to earth | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | | 5 | **fall** | past | | | | the bank of the loch | | as the hoodie | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bank=Location | | 6 | **jump** | present | | the trout | | | | of princess | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent trout=Theme of she=Trajectory | 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 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/165/) - next →: [sentence 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/167/) - ↑ back to [The Sea-maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/)