--- title: He told them all his news, and said that he was certain that there w… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He told them all his news, and said that he was certain that there was great power in that herb, and that it would do the lady no hurt, for he tried it himself and got good from it, and then he made her taste it, for he vowed and swore that there was no harm in it. 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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, great power, power, girl), 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:pg7885:6:42 # text = He told them all his news, and said that he was certain that there was great power in that herb, and that it would do the lady no hurt, for he tried it himself and got good from it, and then he made her taste it, for he vowed and swore that there was no harm in it. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 59 expl _ _ 59 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 ccomp _ _ 60 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 61 det _ _ 61 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | herb | herb's news | hunger | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient news=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | herb *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | herb | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | great power | | | that herb; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in herb=Location | | 5 | **do** | would | power | the lady | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **try** | past | herb | hurt | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer himself=Result | | 7 | **get** | past | herb *not said here* | | | power | | good *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from it=Destination | | 8 | **make** | past | herb | girl | | | then | | tree rules | | 9 | **taste** | infinitive | girl *not said here* | power | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute | | 10 | **vow** | past | herb | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **swear** | past | herb *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 12 | **be** | past | no harm in power | | | there | | | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/43/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/)