--- title: She then brought Cucullin down to see the place, which was then all… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She then brought Cucullin down to see the place, which was then all one solid rock; and, after looking at it for some time, he cracked his right middle finger nine times, and, stooping down, tore a cleft about four hundred feet deep, and a quarter of a mile in length, which has since been christened --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/86/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/) / 86 # Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 86 She then brought Cucullin down to see the place, which was then all one solid rock; and, after looking at it for some time, he cracked his right middle finger nine times, and, stooping down, tore a cleft about four hundred feet deep, and a quarter of a mile in length, which has since been christened by the name of Lumford's Glen. **Who acts:** troth, place, Cucullin, name · **What happens:** bring down, see, be, look, crack, stoop down · **To what, where:** Cucullin, place, one solid rock, right middle finger, quarter, Glen 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 (troth, place, Cucullin, name), 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:pg7885:22:86 # text = She then brought Cucullin down to see the place, which was then all one solid rock; and, after looking at it for some time, he cracked his right middle finger nine times, and, stooping down, tore a cleft about four hundred feet deep, and a quarter of a mile in length, which has since been christened by the name of Lumford's Glen. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Cucullin Cucullin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 after after SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 32 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 stooping stoop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 41 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 tore tore ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cleft cleft NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ _ 46 about about ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 compound _ _ 48 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl:unmarked _ _ 50 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 62 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 63 since since SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 65 aux:pass _ _ 65 christened christen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 66 by by ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 Lumford Lumford PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 71 's 's PART POS _ 70 case _ _ 72 Glen Glen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring down** | past | troth | | Cucullin | | then | down *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument cucullin=Destination | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | troth *not said here* | the place | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | the place | all one solid rock | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | gerund | Cucullin *not said here* | | | | time | at place | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 5 | **crack** | past | Cucullin | Cucullin's right middle finger | | | time | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location finger=Theme | | 6 | **stoop down** | gerund | Cucullin *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **christen** | present · perfect · passive | the name of Lumford's Glen | a quarter of a mile in length | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 8 | **name** | | | Lumford's Glen | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/87/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)