--- title: The king gave her a year's grace, and when that year was up he gave… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king gave her a year's grace, and when that year was up he gave her another year's grace, and then another; but a week or a day he would not give her longer, and she is eighteen years old to-night, and it's time for her to marry; but, indeed," says he, and he crooked his mouth in an ugly way--"i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/98/) [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/) / [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/) / 98 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1, sentence 98 The king gave her a year's grace, and when that year was up he gave her another year's grace, and then another; but a week or a day he would not give her longer, and she is eighteen years old to-night, and it's time for her to marry; but, indeed," says he, and he crooked his mouth in an ugly way--"indeed, it's no king's son she'll marry, if I can help it." **Who acts:** king, Musha, grace, I · **What happens:** give, be, not give, marry, say, crook · **To what, where:** grace, Musha, time, king, mouth, ugly way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Musha, grace, I), 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:pg7885:4:98 # text = The king gave her a year's grace, and when that year was up he gave her another year's grace, and then another; but a week or a day he would not give her longer, and she is eighteen years old to-night, and it's time for her to marry; but, indeed," says he, and he crooked his mouth in an ugly way--"indeed, it's no king's son she'll marry, if I can help it." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nmod _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 62 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 65 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 crooked crook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 71 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 -- -- PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 " " PUNCT `` _ 86 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 86 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 81 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 86 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 86 cop _ _ 83 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 84 det _ _ 84 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 85 's 's PART POS _ 84 case _ _ 86 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 parataxis _ _ 87 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 89 aux _ _ 89 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 86 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 91 if if SCONJ IN _ 94 mark _ _ 92 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 94 nsubj _ _ 93 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 94 aux _ _ 94 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 89 conj _ _ 95 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 94 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 96 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 97 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the king | a year's grace | Musha | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient grace=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | king | | Musha | | | give *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **give** | would | king | | Musha | | week | long *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | Musha | | | | night; year | old *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | grace | time | | | | for Musha | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the king *not said here* | king | | | | indeed *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 8 | **crook** *in a quote* | past | king | king's mouth | | a ugly way | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is a** | present | grace | no king's son | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **marry** | future | Musha | no king's son *not said here* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 11 | **help** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | I | grace | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/99/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/)