--- title: "Och! och!" said she, "'twas I that was there, and the king is the c… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Och! och!" said she, "'twas I that was there, and the king is the child whose life you saved; and it is to you that life thanks should be given." Who acts: och, Lochlann, king, you. 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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 (och, Lochlann, king, you), 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:pg7885:9:202 # text = "Och! och!" said she, "'twas I that was there, and the king is the child whose life you saved; and it is to you that life thanks should be given." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Och och INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 och och NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 discourse _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | och | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Lochlann | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the king | the child and the child and the child's life's life | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **save** *in a quote* | past | you | the child and the child and life's life's life *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | life | | | | | to you | tree rules | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | should · passive | | you | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 201](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/201/) - next →: [sentence 203](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/203/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)