--- title: _Source_.--From the old Irish "Echtra Condla chaim maic Cuind Chetch… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _Source_.--From the old Irish "Echtra Condla chaim maic Cuind Chetchathaig" of the _Leabhar na h-Uidhre_ ("Book of the Dun Cow"), which must have been written before 1106, when its scribe Maelmori ("Servant of Mary") was murdered. A sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, I. Connla and th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/35/1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [I. Connla and the Fairy Maiden.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/35/) / 1 # Celtic Fairy Tales, I. Connla and the Fairy Maiden., sentence 1 \_Source\_.--From the old Irish "Echtra Condla chaim maic Cuind Chetchathaig" of the \_Leabhar na h-Uidhre\_ ("Book of the Dun Cow"), which must have been written before 1106, when its scribe Maelmori ("Servant of Mary") was murdered. **What happens:** write, murder · **To what, where:** old Irish Echtra chaim maic, scribe This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, I. Connla and the Fairy Maiden.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg7885:35:1 # text = _Source_.--From the old Irish "Echtra Condla chaim maic Cuind Chetchathaig" of the _Leabhar na h-Uidhre_ ("Book of the Dun Cow"), which must have been written before 1106, when its scribe Maelmori ("Servant of Mary") was murdered. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 .-- .-- SYM NFP _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 From from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 8 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Echtra Echtra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 11 Condla Condla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 chaim chaim NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 maic maic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 Cuind Cuind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 15 Chetchathaig Chetchathaig PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Leabhar Leabhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 21 na na X FW _ 22 compound _ _ 22 h H NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Uidhre Uidhre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Book Book PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Dun Dun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 1106 1106 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 Maelmori Maelmori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 48 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Mary Mary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 murdered murder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | must · perfect · passive | | the old Irish Echtra chaim maic of the Leabhar | | | before 1106 | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme | | 2 | **murder** | past · passive | | h's scribe | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: [Notes and References, 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/88/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/35/2/) - ↑ back to [I. 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