--- title: I and my two sisters will be arrayed in the same garments, and made… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I and my two sisters will be arrayed in the same garments, and made like each other, but look at me when my father says, 'Go to thy wife, king's son;' and you will see a hand without a little finger." Who acts: father, you. 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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 (father, you), 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:pg7885:31:170 # text = I and my two sisters will be arrayed in the same garments, and made like each other, but look at me when my father says, 'Go to thy wife, king's son;' and you will see a hand without a little finger." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 arrayed array VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 16 like like ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 15 obl _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 without without ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **array** | future · passive | | I | | the same garments | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | | | | | like each | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | at me | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | to thy wife and king's son | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wife=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **see** | future | you | a hand | | | | without a little finger | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus | 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 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/169/) - next →: [sentence 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/171/) - ↑ back to [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/)