--- title: Fin, in the meantime, had gone into the cradle, where he lay very qu… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Fin, in the meantime, had gone into the cradle, where he lay very quietly, his heart at his mouth with delight that Cucullin was about to take his departure, without discovering the tricks that had been played off on him. Who acts: Fin, 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 (Fin, 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:pg7885:22:121 # text = Fin, in the meantime, had gone into the cradle, where he lay very quietly, his heart at his mouth with delight that Cucullin was about to take his departure, without discovering the tricks that had been played off on him. 1 Fin fin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 Cucullin Cucullin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 without without SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 discovering discover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | Fin and the meantime | | | the cradle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into cradle=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **lie** | past | Cucullin | Cucullin's heart at Cucullin's mouth with delight | | | | quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Cucullin | delight *not said here* | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | Cucullin *not said here* | Cucullin's departure | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme | | 5 | **discover** | gerund | Cucullin *not said here* | the tricks | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic | | 6 | **play off** | past · perfect · passive | | the tricks | | | | on Cucullin | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **depart** | | Cucullin | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/122/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)