--- title: It was all the poor divel of a wolf wanted: he put his tail between… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was all the poor divel of a wolf wanted: he put his tail between his legs, and took to his pumps without looking at man or mortal, and neither sun, moon, or stars ever saw him in sight of Dublin again. Who acts: flourish, wolf, stars. 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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 (flourish, wolf, stars), 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:pg7885:33:59 # text = It was all the poor divel of a wolf wanted: he put his tail between his legs, and took to his pumps without looking at man or mortal, and neither sun, moon, or stars ever saw him in sight of Dublin again. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 divel divel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 between between ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 pumps pump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 without without SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 mortal mortal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 40 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 advmod _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Dublin Dublin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | flourish | all poor divel | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | a wolf | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **put** | past | wolf | wolf's tail | | wolf's legs | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tail=Theme between leg=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | wolf *not said here* | | | | | to wolf's pumps *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to pump=Result | | 5 | **look** | gerund | wolf *not said here* | | | | | at man or mortal | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at man=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | stars | wolf | | sight of Dublin | ever; again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **sight** | | | Dublin | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/60/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)