--- title: It appears that some one told him of a big basthoon of a--giant call… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It appears that some one told him of a big basthoon of a--giant called Cucullin being down at the Causeway to look for him, and so he set out there to try if he could catch him. Who acts: It, one, Cucullin, husband. 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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 (It, one, Cucullin, husband), 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:pg7885:22:72 # text = It appears that some one told him of a big basthoon of a--giant called Cucullin being down at the Causeway to look for him, and so he set out there to try if he could catch him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 basthoon basthoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 17 Cucullin Cucullin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 cop _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Causeway Causeway PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 out out ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | present | It | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | some one | | husband | | | of a big basthoon of a | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **call** | participle | | a big basthoon of a *not said here* | | | | at the Causeway | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at causeway=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | gerund | Cucullin | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for husband | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 6 | **set out** | past | husband | | | there | | out *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **try** | to-infinitive | husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **catch** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | husband | Cucullin | | | | | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/73/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)