--- title: He turned to the lady again and told her that he was loth to take he… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He turned to the lady again and told her that he was loth to take her to his father's house, but that there was an excellent priest very friendly to himself, who would take good care of her, if she wished to remain in his house; but that if there was any other place she would rather go, he said he w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/48/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/) / 48 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 48 He turned to the lady again and told her that he was loth to take her to his father's house, but that there was an excellent priest very friendly to himself, who would take good care of her, if she wished to remain in his house; but that if there was any other place she would rather go, he said he would bring her to it. **Who acts:** Glory, priest · **What happens:** turn, tell, be, take, wish, remain · **To what, where:** lady, house, Glory, good care, other place, priest · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Glory, priest), 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:pg7885:5:48 # text = He turned to the lady again and told her that he was loth to take her to his father's house, but that there was an excellent priest very friendly to himself, who would take good care of her, if she wished to remain in his house; but that if there was any other place she would rather go, he said he would bring her to it. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 loth loth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 csubj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 54 if if SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 56 expl _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 57 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 59 det _ _ 58 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 advcl _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 rather rather ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 68 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 ccomp _ _ 70 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Glory | | | | again | to the lady *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lady=Result | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Glory *not said here* | | lady | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | Glory | | | | | loth *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | | lady | | Glory's father's house | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to house=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | | | Glory | | | friendly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | would | | good care of priest | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 7 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | priest | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | priest *not said here* | | | Glory's house | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 9 | **is a** | past | Glory *not said here* | any other place | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **go** | would | priest | any other place *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location place=Theme | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Glory | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **bring** | would | Glory | priest | care | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 13 | **care** | | priest | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/49/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)