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title: In this very thing, moreover, he was very much resembled by his grea… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In this very thing, moreover, he was very much resembled by his great foe, Cucullin; for it was well known that the huge strength he possessed all lay in the middle finger of his right hand, and that, if he happened by any mischance to lose it, he was no more, for all his bulk, than a common man. Wh
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 60

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In this very thing, moreover, he was very much resembled by his great foe, Cucullin; for it was well known that the huge strength he possessed all lay in the middle finger of his right hand, and that, if he happened by any mischance to lose it, he was no more, for all his bulk, than a common man.

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**Who acts:** great foe, huge strength, o'clock · **What happens:** resemble, know, possess, lay, happen, lose · **To what, where:** o'clock, thing, foe, middle finger · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, A Legend of Knockmany. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great foe, huge strength, o'clock), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:22:60
# text = In this very thing, moreover, he was very much resembled by his great foe, Cucullin; for it was well known that the huge strength he possessed all lay in the middle finger of his right hand, and that, if he happened by any mischance to lose it, he was no more, for all his bulk, than a common man.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	much	much	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	resembled	resemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	foe	foe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	Cucullin	Cucullin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
20	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
23	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	24	advmod	_	_
24	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	parataxis	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	ccomp	_	_
31	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	advmod	_	_
32	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
39	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
48	by	by	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	50	det	_	_
50	mischance	mischance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	advcl	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
56	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
57	no	no	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	for	for	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	63	det:predet	_	_
62	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	bulk	bulk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
65	than	than	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resemble** | past · passive | o'clock's great foe | o'clock |  | this thing |  | for o'clock's bulk; than a common man | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past · passive |  | foe |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **possess** | past | the huge strength |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **lay** | present | the huge strength *not said here* |  |  | the middle finger of o'clock's right hand |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in finger=Destination |
| 5 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | o'clock |  |  |  |  | by any mischance | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by mischance=Location |
| 6 | **lose** | to-infinitive | o'clock *not said here* | foe |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 7 | **not** **is** | past | o'clock |  |  |  |  | more *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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