--- title: Some run to pull the fellow out, and others to let manners into the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Some run to pull the fellow out, and others to let manners into the vulgarian with their swords and daggers; but a tap from his club sent them headlong into the moat or down on the stones, and they were soon begging him to stay his hands. Who acts: Some, others, tap. 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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 (Some, others, tap), 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:pg7885:33:27 # text = Some run to pull the fellow out, and others to let manners into the vulgarian with their swords and daggers; but a tap from his club sent them headlong into the moat or down on the stones, and they were soon begging him to stay his hands. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 12 obj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 vulgarian vulgarian NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 daggers dagger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 down down ADV RB _ 34 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 45 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | Some | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pull out** | to-infinitive | Some *not said here* | the fellow | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | to-infinitive | others | manners | | the vulgarian with others's swords and daggers | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past | a tap from Tom's club | others *= other* | | | | headlong *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · progressive | others *= other* | | Tom | | | soon *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **stay** | to-infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | Tom's hands | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/28/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)