--- title: Then I went and I put my legs in place of his legs, and my hands in… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then I went and I put my legs in place of his legs, and my hands in place of his forelegs, and my head in place of his head, and the horns on top of my head, so that the brute might think that it was the buck. Who acts: I, brute. 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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 (I, brute), 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:pg7885:9:133 # text = Then I went and I put my legs in place of his legs, and my hands in place of his forelegs, and my head in place of his head, and the horns on top of my head, so that the brute might think that it was the buck. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 forelegs foreleg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 47 mark _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 brute brute NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 buck buck NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | I | my hands in place of leech's forelegs | | | then | my head in place of leech's head *obl*; the horns on top of my head *obl* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past | I | my legs | | place of leech's legs | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent leg=Theme in place=Destination | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | might | the brute | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | brute | the buck | | | | | tree rules | 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/134/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)