--- title: This was a startler even to Cucullin; but he got up, however, and af… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This was a startler even to Cucullin; but he got up, however, and after pulling the middle finger of his right hand until it cracked three times, he went outside, and getting his arms about the house, turned it as she had wished. Who acts: This, husband, finger, getting. 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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 (This, husband, finger, getting), 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:pg7885:22:80 # text = This was a startler even to Cucullin; but he got up, however, and after pulling the middle finger of his right hand until it cracked three times, he went outside, and getting his arms about the house, turned it as she had wished. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 startler startler NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Cucullin Cucullin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 however however ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 until until SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 34 outside outside ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 37 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 csubj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 about about ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 44 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | a startler | Cucullin | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | past | husband | | | | | however *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **pull** | gerund | husband *not said here* | the middle finger of husband's right hand | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme | | 4 | **crack** | past | finger | | | | time | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | husband | | | | | outside *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | gerund | | husband's arms | | | | about the house | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Stimulus | | 7 | **turn** | past | getting | house | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **wish** | past · perfect | M'Coul | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/81/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)