--- title: Every one knew Conall, for he was a valued tenant of the king of Eri… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Every one knew Conall, for he was a valued tenant of the king of Erin, and when the king brought them up out of the holes he said, "Oh, Conall, is it you that are here?" Who acts: one, Conall, king, 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 (one, Conall, king, it), 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:pg7885:9:49 # text = Every one knew Conall, for he was a valued tenant of the king of Erin, and when the king brought them up out of the holes he said, "Oh, Conall, is it you that are here?" 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 valued value VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 tenant tenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 25 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 appos _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | every one | Conall | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer conall=Stimulus | | 2 | **value** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | Conall | | | | | for a valued tenant; of the king of Erin | tree rules | | 4 | **bring up** | past | the king | tracks *= track* | | the holes | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | you | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | here *property* | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/50/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)