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title: The twenty-third trick performed by some conjurors before the Empero… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The twenty-third trick performed by some conjurors before the Emperor Jahangueir (_Memoirs_, p. 102) is thus described: "They produced a chain of 50 cubits in length, and in my presence threw one end of it towards the sky, where it remained as if fastened to something in the air. Who acts: Memoirs, 
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, XVI. the Story-teller At Fault., sentence 10

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The twenty-third trick performed by some conjurors before the Emperor Jahangueir (\_Memoirs\_, p. 102) is thus described: "They produced a chain of 50 cubits in length, and in my presence threw one end of it towards the sky, where it remained as if fastened to something in the air.

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**Who acts:** Memoirs, trick · **What happens:** perform, describe, produce, throw, remain, fasten · **To what, where:** third trick, chain, one end, presence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVI. the Story-teller At Fault.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Memoirs, trick), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:50:10
# text = The twenty-third trick performed by some conjurors before the Emperor Jahangueir (_Memoirs_, p. 102) is thus described: "They produced a chain of 50 cubits in length, and in my presence threw one end of it towards the sky, where it remained as if fastened to something in the air.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	conjurors	conjuror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Jahangueir	Jahangueir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	_	_	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Memoirs	memoir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	p.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
20	102	102	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
23	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
26	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	produced	produce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	parataxis	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	33	nummod	_	_
33	cubits	cubit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
41	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
42	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	43	nummod	_	_
43	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nmod	_	_
46	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	52	advmod	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	conj	_	_
53	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
54	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
55	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	xcomp	_	_
56	to	to	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	55	obl	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | participle |  | the third trick *not said here* |  |  |  | by some conjurors before the Emperor Jahangueir | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **describe** | present · passive |  | the third trick |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **produce** *in a quote* | past | Memoirs *= memoir* | a chain of 50 cubits in length |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Result |
| 4 | **throw** *in a quote* | past | Memoirs *= memoir* *not said here* | one end of trick |  | my presence |  | towards the sky | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent end=Theme in presence=Destination |
| 5 | **remain** *in a quote* | past | trick |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **fasten** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | participle | trick *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to something | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to something=Co-Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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