--- title: That was true for them, indeed, for it was seldom the day went by bu… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: That was true for them, indeed, for it was seldom the day went by but Guleesh would go to the priest's house, and have a talk with him, and as often as he would come he used to hope to find the young lady well again, and with leave to speak; but, alas! she remained dumb and silent, without relief or --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/71/) [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/) / 71 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 71 That was true for them, indeed, for it was seldom the day went by but Guleesh would go to the priest's house, and have a talk with him, and as often as he would come he used to hope to find the young lady well again, and with leave to speak; but, alas! she remained dumb and silent, without relief or cure. **Who acts:** That, business, Guleesh, priest · **What happens:** be, go by, go, have, come, use · **To what, where:** house, talk, young lady · **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 (That, business, Guleesh, 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:pg7885:5:71 # text = That was true for them, indeed, for it was seldom the day went by but Guleesh would go to the priest's house, and have a talk with him, and as often as he would come he used to hope to find the young lady well again, and with leave to speak; but, alas! she remained dumb and silent, without relief or cure. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 seldom seldom ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 15 obl _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 often often ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 61 alas alas INTJ UH _ 64 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ! ! PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ 63 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 65 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 xcomp _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 without without ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 relief relief NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 71 or or CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | That | | | | | for house; indeed, true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | business | | | | for the day | seldom *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go by** | past | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | would | Guleesh | | | the priest's house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **have** | infinitive | Guleesh *not said here* | a talk | | | | with Guleesh | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient | | 6 | **come** | would | Guleesh | | | | | often *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **use** | past | Guleesh | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **hope** | to-infinitive | Guleesh *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Guleesh *not said here* | the young lady | | | again | well *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Topic | | 10 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Guleesh *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **remain** | past | priest | | | | | without relief or cure; dumb *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/72/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)