--- title: At last he felt sure the dog had destroyed his child, and shouting t… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last he felt sure the dog had destroyed his child, and shouting to Gellert, "Monster, thou hast devoured my child," he drew out his sword and plunged it in the greyhound's side, who fell with a deep yell and still gazing in his master's eyes. Who acts: Prince, side. 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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 (Prince, side), 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:pg7885:25:16 # text = At last he felt sure the dog had destroyed his child, and shouting to Gellert, "Monster, thou hast devoured my child," he drew out his sword and plunged it in the greyhound's side, who fell with a deep yell and still gazing in his master's eyes. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Gellert Gellert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 plunged plunge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 yell yell NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 still still ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 conj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 's 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | Prince | | | last | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **destroy** | past · perfect · passive | | the dog | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | Gellert | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to gellert=Recipient | | 4 | **devour** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **draw out** | past | Prince | Prince's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 6 | **plunge** | past | Prince *not said here* | sword | | | | in the greyhound's side | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient it=Extent in side=Attribute | | 7 | **fall** | past | the greyhound's side | | | | | with a deep yell | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **gaze** | gerund | the greyhound's side *not said here* | | | | still | in Prince's master's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in eye=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/25/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/25/17/) - ↑ back to [Beth Gellert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/25/)