--- title: Scarcely had they gathered into the rath till they all began shoutin… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Scarcely had they gathered into the rath till they all began shouting, and screaming, and talking amongst themselves; and then each one of them cried out: "My horse, and bridle, and saddle! Who acts: Scarcely, sheehogues, one, horse. 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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 (Scarcely, sheehogues, one, horse), 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:pg7885:6:5 # text = Scarcely had they gathered into the rath till they all began shouting, and screaming, and talking amongst themselves; and then each one of them cried out: "My horse, and bridle, and saddle! 1 Scarcely Scarcely PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rath rath NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 screaming scream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 conj _ _ 19 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bridle bridle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Scarcely | saddle | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gather** | past | sheehogues *= sheehogue* | | | | | into the rath | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent into rath=Co-Patient | | 3 | **begin** | past | sheehogues *= sheehogue* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | sheehogues *= sheehogue* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | sheehogues *= sheehogue* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **talk** | gerund | sheehogues *= sheehogue* *not said here* | | | | | amongst sheehogues *= sheehogue* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | each one of sheehogues | | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bridle** *in a quote* | infinitive | My horse | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/6/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/)