--- title: Undoubtedly he had given every giant in Ireland a considerable beati… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Undoubtedly he had given every giant in Ireland a considerable beating, barring Fin M'Coul himself; and he swore that he would never rest, night or day, winter or summer, till he would serve Fin with the same sauce, if he could catch him. Who acts: considerable beating, Cucullin. 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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 (considerable beating, Cucullin), 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:pg7885:22:11 # text = Undoubtedly he had given every giant in Ireland a considerable beating, barring Fin M'Coul himself; and he swore that he would never rest, night or day, winter or summer, till he would serve Fin with the same sauce, if he could catch him. 1 Undoubtedly undoubtedly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 beating beating NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 barring bar VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 14 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 M'Coul M'Coul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 39 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 sauce sauce NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | Cucullin | | Ireland | | undoubtedly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bar** | gerund | a considerable beating *not said here* | Fin M'Coul Cucullin | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer m'coul=Theme | | 3 | **swear** | past | Cucullin | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **rest** | would | Cucullin | | | | night | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **serve** | would | Cucullin | | Fin | | | with the same sauce | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent fin=Recipient with sauce=Theme | | 6 | **catch** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Cucullin | giant | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/12/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)