--- title: They made it up then between themselves that the priest should let o… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They made it up then between themselves that the priest should let on that it was his brother's daughter he had, who was come on a visit to him from another county, and that he should tell everybody that she was dumb, and do his best to keep every one away from her. 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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 (house, priest, opportunity, Guleesh), 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:pg7885:5:66 # text = They made it up then between themselves that the priest should let on that it was his brother's daughter he had, who was come on a visit to him from another county, and that he should tell everybody that she was dumb, and do his best to keep every one away from her. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 county county NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 41 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 40 obj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 48 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 53 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 away away ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 56 from from ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past | house | opportunity | | | | between house | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot | | 2 | **let** | should | the priest | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | opportunity | | | | | on Guleesh's brother's daughter | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | Guleesh | Guleesh's brother's daughter *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 5 | **come** | past · passive | | Guleesh's brother's daughter | | a visit to Guleesh | | from another county | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | Guleesh | everybody | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent everybody=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **is** | past | priest | | | | | dumb *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | infinitive | | Guleesh's best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 9 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | every one | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/67/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)