--- title: I put in the one foot, and the other foot was on the ground, and whe… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I put in the one foot, and the other foot was on the ground, and when I raised my head what was it but the boat over in the middle of the loch, and she never stopped till she reached the island. Who acts: I, other foot, wife. 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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, other foot, wife), 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:pg7885:9:162 # text = I put in the one foot, and the other foot was on the ground, and when I raised my head what was it but the boat over in the middle of the loch, and she never stopped till she reached the island. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 29 over over ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 loch loch NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 41 till till SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | I | | | the one foot | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in foot=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | the other foot | | | the ground | | | tree rules | | 3 | **raise** | past | I | my head | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent head=Theme what=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | past | | foot | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **stop** | past | wife | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **reach** | past | wife | the island | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent island=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 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/161/) - next →: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/163/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)