--- title: So one fellow put out his claws to seize on the flail, but Tom gave… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So one fellow put out his claws to seize on the flail, but Tom gave him such a welt of it on the side of the head that he broke off one of his horns, and made him roar like a devil as he was. Who acts: Tom, fellow. 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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 (Tom, fellow), 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:pg7885:33:84 # text = So one fellow put out his claws to seize on the flail, but Tom gave him such a welt of it on the side of the head that he broke off one of his horns, and made him roar like a devil as he was. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 flail flail NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 20 det:predet _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 welt welt NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 32 off off ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 roar roar VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put out** | participle · passive | | one fellow | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset claw=Goal | | 2 | **seize** | to-infinitive | | | | the flail | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | past | Tom | such welt of welt | fellow | the side of the head | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient welt=Theme on side=Asset | | 4 | **break off** | past | Tom | one of Tom's horns | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past | Tom *not said here* | fellow | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **roar** | infinitive | fellow *not said here* | | | | | like a devil | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **be** | past | fellow | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **welt** | | | welt | | | | | nom welt «state 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/85/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)