--- title: When he was rested and got something to eat, he told them how he got… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he was rested and got something to eat, he told them how he got service with the Gray Churl of the Townland of Mischance, and that the agreement was, whoever would first say he was sorry for his bargain, should get an inch wide of the skin of his back, from shoulder to hips, taken off. 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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 (eldest, whoever, agreement), 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:pg7885:24:5 # text = When he was rested and got something to eat, he told them how he got service with the Gray Churl of the Townland of Mischance, and that the agreement was, whoever would first say he was sorry for his bargain, should get an inch wide of the skin of his back, from shoulder to hips, taken off. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 rested rest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 17 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Gray Gray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 amod _ _ 21 Churl Churl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Townland Townland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Mischance mischance NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 agreement agreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 advmod _ _ 37 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 advcl _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 wide wide ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 hips hip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 62 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 63 off off ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | past · passive | | eldest *= eld* | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | | something | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | eldest *= eld* | | sticks *= stick* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 5 | **get** | past | eldest *= eld* | service | | | | with the Gray Churl of the Townland of Mischance | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer service=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | past | | the agreement | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | whoever | | | | | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | eldest *= eld* | | | | | for eldest's bargain; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **get** | should | the agreement | a inch | | shoulder to hips | | of the skin of eldest's back | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent inch=Theme from shoulder=Source | | 10 | **take off** | participle | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **bargain** | | eldest *= eld* | | | | | | nom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/6/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Master](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/)