--- title: Vexed enough were the poor mother and brothers; and the second eldes… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Vexed enough were the poor mother and brothers; and the second eldest said on the spot he'd go and take service with the Gray Churl, and punish him by all the annoyance he'd give him till he'd make him say he was sorry for his agreement. " Who acts: eldest, Gray. 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" **Who acts:** eldest, Gray · **What happens:** vex, be, say, go, take, punish · **To what, where:** Vexed poor mother, spot, service, Gray · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Jack and His Master. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eldest, Gray), 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:pg7885:24:8 # text = Vexed enough were the poor mother and brothers; and the second eldest said on the spot he'd go and take service with the Gray Churl, and punish him by all the annoyance he'd give him till he'd make him say he was sorry for his agreement. " 1 Vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 2 enough enough ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 nsubj _ _ 13 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 23 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Gray Gray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 Churl Churl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 punish punish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 annoyance annoyance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 till till SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 ccomp _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 agreement agreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vex** | participle | | | | | | enough *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the Vexed poor mother and brothers | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | the spot | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | would | eldest *= eld* | the spot *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spot=Theme | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | service | | | | with the Gray | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | | 6 | **punish** | infinitive | eldest | Gray | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **give** | would | eldest *= eld* | | Gray | | | by all annoyance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **make** | would | eldest *= eld* | Gray | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Gray *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | eldest *= eld* | | | | | for eldest's agreement; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **agree** | | eldest *= eld* | | | | | | nom agreement «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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/9/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Master](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/)