--- title: He had to wait, then, till the day rose; but he determined, as soon… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He had to wait, then, till the day rose; but he determined, as soon as he should wake in the morning, that he would go to the king's daughter and give her a drink of the juice of the herb. Who acts: herb. 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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 (herb), 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:pg7885:6:39 # text = He had to wait, then, till the day rose; but he determined, as soon as he should wake in the morning, that he would go to the king's daughter and give her a drink of the juice of the herb. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 till till ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | herb | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | herb *not said here* | | | | till the day rose; then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **determine** | past | herb | | | | | soon *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wake** | should | herb | | | | morning | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **go** | would | herb | | | | | to the king's daughter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to daughter=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **give** | infinitive | herb *not said here* | a drink of the juice of the herb | thirst | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient drink=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/40/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/)