--- title: But when the last day of the month of waiting came, Connla stood by… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when the last day of the month of waiting came, Connla stood by the side of the king his father on the Plain of Arcomin, and again he saw the maiden come towards him, and again she spoke to him. Who acts: last day, Connla, age. 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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 (last day, Connla, age), 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:pg7885:4:27 # text = But when the last day of the month of waiting came, Connla stood by the side of the king his father on the Plain of Arcomin, and again he saw the maiden come towards him, and again she spoke to him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 Connla Connla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Plain Plain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Arcomin Arcomin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 35 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 36 towards towards ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the last day of the month of waiting | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | Connla | age's father | | the Plain of Arcomin | | by the side of the king | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent father=Theme by side=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | age | | | | again | maiden *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | infinitive | age *not said here* | | | | towards age | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Connla | | age | | again | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/28/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/)