--- title: The priest looked at him as though he had ten heads on him; but with… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The priest looked at him as though he had ten heads on him; but without putting any other question to him, he desired him to come in, himself and the maiden, and when they came in, he shut the door, brought them into the parlour, and put them sitting. Who acts: priest, father, house. 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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 (priest, father, house), 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:pg7885:5:59 # text = The priest looked at him as though he had ten heads on him; but without putting any other question to him, he desired him to come in, himself and the maiden, and when they came in, he shut the door, brought them into the parlour, and put them sitting. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 though though SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 16 without without SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 18 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 in in ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 40 in in ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 parlour parlour NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the priest | | | | | at father | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | father | ten heads | | | | on Guleesh | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 3 | **put** | gerund | father *not said here* | any other question | father | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Goal | | 4 | **desire** | past | father | Guleesh | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | father | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come in** | past | house | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shut** | past | father | the door | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 8 | **bring** | past | father *not said here* | house | | the parlour | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into parlour=Destination | | 9 | **put** | infinitive | father *not said here* | house | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **sit** | gerund | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/60/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)