--- title: Cucullin was surprised to find such a powerful set of grinders in on… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Cucullin was surprised to find such a powerful set of grinders in one so young; but he was still much more so on finding, when he took his hand from Fin's mouth, that he had left the very finger upon which his whole strength depended, behind him. Who acts: Cucullin, whole strength. 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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 (Cucullin, whole strength), 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:pg7885:22:125 # text = Cucullin was surprised to find such a powerful set of grinders in one so young; but he was still much more so on finding, when he took his hand from Fin's mouth, that he had left the very finger upon which his whole strength depended, behind him. 1 Cucullin Cucullin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 9 det:predet _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 grinders grinder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 much much ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 on on SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obl _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 depended depend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 behind behind ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Cucullin | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Cucullin *not said here* | such powerful set of grinders in young | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Topic | | 3 | **find** | past · progressive | Cucullin | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | past | Cucullin | Cucullin's hand | | Fin's mouth | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme from mouth=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **leave** | past · perfect | Cucullin | the finger | | | | behind strength | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent finger=Theme behind he=Location | | 6 | **depend** | past | Cucullin's whole strength | | | | | upon the finger | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/126/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)