--- title: Oh, he is a great General of arms," said the dairymaid, "and when he… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Oh, he is a great General of arms," said the dairymaid, "and when he kills the beast, he will marry the king's daughter, for the king has said that he who could save his daughter should get her to marry." Who acts: suitor, king, daughter, beast. 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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 (suitor, king, daughter, beast), 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:pg7885:21:81 # text = Oh, he is a great General of arms," said the dairymaid, "and when he kills the beast, he will marry the king's daughter, for the king has said that he who could save his daughter should get her to marry." 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dairymaid dairymaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | suitor | a great General | | | | of arms | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the dairymaid | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dairymaid=Topic | | 3 | **kill** | present | suitor | the beast | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Theme | | 4 | **marry** | future | suitor | the king's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **save** | could | suitor | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | should | suitor's daughter | beast | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **marry** | to-infinitive | beast *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/82/) - ↑ back to [The Sea-maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/)