--- title: But now the folk of life, the ever-living ones, beg and bid thee com… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But now the folk of life, the ever-living ones, beg and bid thee come to Moy Mell, the Plain of Pleasure, for they have learnt to know thee, seeing thee in thy home among thy dear ones." Who acts: folk, Plains. 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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 (folk, Plains), 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:pg7885:4:29 # text = But now the folk of life, the ever-living ones, beg and bid thee come to Moy Mell, the Plain of Pleasure, for they have learnt to know thee, seeing thee in thy home among thy dear ones." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 beg beg NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 16 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obj _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Moy Moy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 Mell Mell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Plain Plain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Pleasure Pleasure PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 among among ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | gerund | | | | | ever | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bid** | past | the folk of life and the living ones and beg | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | the folk of life and the living ones and beg *not said here* | | | Moy | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to moy=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **learn** | present · perfect | Plains *= plain* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** | to-infinitive | Plains *= plain* *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | gerund | Plains *= plain* *not said here* | thee | | thy home | | among thy dear ones | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/30/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/)