--- title: The boy feared greatly at last, lest the king should really hear whe… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The boy feared greatly at last, lest the king should really hear where his daughter was, and take her back from himself, and he besought the priest to write no more, but to leave the matter to God. Who acts: boy, king, daughter, Guleesh. 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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 (boy, king, daughter, 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:pg7885:5:76 # text = The boy feared greatly at last, lest the king should really hear where his daughter was, and take her back from himself, and he besought the priest to write no more, but to leave the matter to God. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 really really ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 no no ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | the boy | | | last | | greatly *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | should | the king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **be** | past | Guleesh's daughter | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | priest's back | | | | from Guleesh | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent back=Theme from himself=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **beseech** | past | Guleesh | the priest | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **write** | to-infinitive | Guleesh *not said here* | more | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | | 7 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | the matter | God | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to god=Recipient | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/77/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)