--- title: Guleesh pitied the handsome young lady greatly when he heard that, a… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Guleesh pitied the handsome young lady greatly when he heard that, and he was heart-broken to think that it would be necessary for her to marry a man she did not like, or, what was worse, to take a nasty sheehogue for a husband. Who acts: Guleesh, Musha. 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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, Musha), 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:pg7885:4:99 # text = Guleesh pitied the handsome young lady greatly when he heard that, and he was heart-broken to think that it would be necessary for her to marry a man she did not like, or, what was worse, to take a nasty sheehogue for a husband. 1 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 expl _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 nasty nasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 sheehogue sheehogue NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pity** | past | Guleesh | the handsome young lady | | | | greatly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | | 2 | **hear** | past | GULEESH | that | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 3 | **break** | past · passive | | GULEESH | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | would | | | | | | for Musha; necessary *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** | to-infinitive | | a man | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 7 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | Musha | a man *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot man=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **take** | to-infinitive | | a nasty sheehogue | | | | for a husband | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sheehogue=Theme for husband=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/100/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/)