--- title: When every creature and bird was gathering to battle, the son of the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When every creature and bird was gathering to battle, the son of the king of Tethertown said that he would go to see the battle, and that he would bring sure word home to his father the king, who would be king of the creatures this year. Who acts: creature, son, king. 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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 (creature, son, king), 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:pg7885:31:18 # text = When every creature and bird was gathering to battle, the son of the king of Tethertown said that he would go to see the battle, and that he would bring sure word home to his father the king, who would be king of the creatures this year. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 battle battle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Tethertown Tethertown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 33 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past · progressive | every creature and bird | | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **battle** | to-infinitive | every creature and bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the son of the king of Tethertown | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | would | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | the battle | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer battle=Stimulus | | 6 | **bring** | would | son | sure word home | | | year | to son's father | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument home=Theme king=Destination | | 7 | **is a** | would | the king | king | | | | of the creatures | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/19/) - ↑ back to [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/)