--- title: Long ago, a poor widow woman lived down near the iron forge, by Enni… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Long ago, a poor widow woman lived down near the iron forge, by Enniscorth, and she was so poor she had no clothes to put on her son; so she used to fix him in the ash-hole, near the fire, and pile the warm ashes about him; and according as he grew up, she sunk the pit deeper. 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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 (poor widow woman, woman, Enniscorth), 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:pg7885:33:1 # text = Long ago, a poor widow woman lived down near the iron forge, by Enniscorth, and she was so poor she had no clothes to put on her son; so she used to fix him in the ash-hole, near the fire, and pile the warm ashes about him; and according as he grew up, she sunk the pit deeper. 1 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 2 ago ago ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Enniscorth Enniscorth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 near near ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 pile pile VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 54 about about ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 59 as as ADP IN _ 58 fixed _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 62 up up ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 sunk sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 68 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 65 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live down** | past | a poor widow woman | | | the iron forge | | ago, down *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near forge=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | woman | no clothes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 4 | **put** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | on woman's son | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on son=Destination | | 5 | **use** | past | woman | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **fix** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | Enniscorth | | the ash hole | | near the fire | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **pile** | present | woman *not said here* | the warm ashes | | | | about Enniscorth | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme about he=Destination | | 8 | **accord** | gerund | Enniscorth *not said here* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **grow up** | past | Enniscorth | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **sink** | past | woman | the pit | | | | deep *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pit=Patient | 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: [Brewery of Eggshells, 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/32/20/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/2/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)