--- title: However, he did not say a word, though he could not help giving many… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: However, he did not say a word, though he could not help giving many a curse to the ill-luck that was laid out for himself, to be helping the people that were to snatch her away from her home and from her father. Who acts: GULEESH, people. 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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 (GULEESH, people), 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:pg7885:4:100 # text = However, he did not say a word, though he could not help giving many a curse to the ill-luck that was laid out for himself, to be helping the people that were to snatch her away from her home and from her father. 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 though though SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 xcomp _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 helping help VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 snatch snatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | GULEESH | a word | | | | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 2 | **not** **help** | could | GULEESH | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **give** *not said to happen* | gerund | GULEESH *not said here* | a many curse | the ill luck | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent curse=Theme to luck=Recipient | | 4 | **lay out** | past · passive | | the ill luck | | | | for GULEESH | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for himself=Beneficiary | | 5 | **help** | to-infinitive · progressive | GULEESH *not said here* | | the people | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary | | 6 | **snatch** | past | the people | Musha | | | | away *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/101/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/)