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title: A good deal of the people got inside, and shut the doors, the way th… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: A good deal of the people got inside, and shut the doors, the way the hairy fellow wouldn't pin them; but Tom kept playing, and the outsiders kept dancing and shouting, and the wolf kept dancing and roaring with the pain his legs were giving him; and all the time he had his eyes on Redhead, who was 
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lad With the Goat-skin, sentence 52

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A good deal of the people got inside, and shut the doors, the way the hairy fellow wouldn't pin them; but Tom kept playing, and the outsiders kept dancing and shouting, and the wolf kept dancing and roaring with the pain his legs were giving him; and all the time he had his eyes on Redhead, who was shut out along with the rest.

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**Who acts:** good deal, hairy fellow, Tom, outsiders, wolf, legs · **What happens:** get, shut, not pin, keep, play, dance · **To what, where:** doors, people, pain, Tom, eyes, Redhead

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Lad With the Goat-skin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good deal, hairy fellow, Tom, outsiders), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:33:52
# text = A good deal of the people got inside, and shut the doors, the way the hairy fellow wouldn't pin them; but Tom kept playing, and the outsiders kept dancing and shouting, and the wolf kept dancing and roaring with the pain his legs were giving him; and all the time he had his eyes on Redhead, who was shut out along with the rest.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	shut	shut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
20	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	pin	pin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
28	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	outsiders	outsider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj	_	_
33	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
34	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	xcomp	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
42	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	41	xcomp	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	42	conj	_	_
45	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nsubj	_	_
50	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	47	acl	_	_
52	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
55	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	57	det:predet	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl:unmarked	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obj	_	_
62	on	on	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	Redhead	Redhead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	67	nsubj	_	_
66	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	aux:pass	_	_
67	shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	63	acl	_	_
68	out	out	ADP	RP	_	67	compound:prt	_	_
69	along	along	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
70	with	with	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | a good deal of the people |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **shut** | past | a good deal of the people *not said here* | the doors |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **pin** | would | the hairy fellow | people |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 4 | **keep** | past | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **play** | gerund | Tom *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **keep** | past | the outsiders |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **dance** | gerund | the outsiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the outsiders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **keep** | past | the wolf |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **dance** | gerund | the wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **roar** | gerund | the wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the pain | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with pain=Theme |
| 12 | **give** | past · progressive | Tom's legs | the pain *not said here* | Tom |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 13 | **have** | past | Tom | Tom's eyes |  | Redhead | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 14 | **shut out** | past · passive |  | Redhead |  |  |  | along the rest | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 15 | **deal** |  |  | the people |  |  |  |  | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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