--- title: Guleesh and his companions were standing together at the head of the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Guleesh and his companions were standing together at the head of the hall, where there was a fine altar dressed up, and two bishops behind it waiting to marry the girl, as soon as the right time should come. Who acts: Guleesh, fine altar, two bishops, right time. 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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, fine altar, two bishops, right time), 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:pg7885:4:86 # text = Guleesh and his companions were standing together at the head of the hall, where there was a fine altar dressed up, and two bishops behind it waiting to marry the girl, as soon as the right time should come. 1 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 21 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 bishops bishop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 27 behind behind ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand together** | past · progressive | Guleesh and GULEESH's companions | two bishops behind altar | | the head of the hall | | soon, together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at head=Location | | 2 | **be** | past | a fine altar | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dress up** | participle | | a fine altar *not said here* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wait** | gerund | two bishops behind altar *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **marry** | to-infinitive | two bishops behind altar *not said here* | the girl | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient | | 6 | **come** | should | the right time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/87/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/)