--- title: He asked his father to go to the smithy and get him another sword in… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He asked his father to go to the smithy and get him another sword in which there should be twice as much weight; and so his father did, and so likewise it happened to the next sword--it broke in two halves. Who acts: father, it, sword. 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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 (father, it, sword), 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:pg7885:21:20 # text = He asked his father to go to the smithy and get him another sword in which there should be twice as much weight; and so his father did, and so likewise it happened to the next sword--it broke in two halves. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 smithy smithy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 20 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 advmod _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 halves half NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | father | | father's father | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | | the smithy | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to smithy=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | father *not said here* | another sword | father | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary sword=Theme | | 4 | **do** | past | father's father | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | to the next sword; likewise *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **break** | past | sword | | | two halves | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in half=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/21/) - ↑ back to [The Sea-maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/)