--- title: "And if the _omadawn_ only knew that there's an herb growing up by h… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "And if the _omadawn_ only knew that there's an herb growing up by his own door, and if he were to boil it and give it to her, she'd be well," said another voice. Who acts: omadawn, herb, voice. 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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 (omadawn, herb, voice), 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:pg7885:6:17 # text = "And if the _omadawn_ only knew that there's an herb growing up by his own door, and if he were to boil it and give it to her, she'd be well," said another voice. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 omadawn omadawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 boil boil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | past | the omadawn *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a herb | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **grow up** *in a quote* | gerund | a herb *not said here* | | | | | by herb's own door | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by door=Location | | 4 | **boil** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | herb | omadawn | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | herb *not said here* | omadawn | woman | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | the omadawn | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | another voice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/18/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/)