--- title: The king sent a message for Conall, and he said to him--"Oh, Conall!… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king sent a message for Conall, and he said to him--"Oh, Conall! what made your sons go to spring on my sons till my big son was killed by your children? but I see that though I follow you revengefully, I shall not be much better for it, and I will now set a thing before you, and if you will do --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/) / 5 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, sentence 5 The king sent a message for Conall, and he said to him--"Oh, Conall! what made your sons go to spring on my sons till my big son was killed by your children? but I see that though I follow you revengefully, I shall not be much better for it, and I will now set a thing before you, and if you will do it, I will not follow you with revenge. **Who acts:** king, Conall, sons, children · **What happens:** send, say, make, go, kill, see · **To what, where:** message, Conall, sons, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Conall Yellowclaw. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Conall, sons, children), 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:pg7885:9:5 # text = The king sent a message for Conall, and he said to him--"Oh, Conall! what made your sons go to spring on my sons till my big son was killed by your children? but I see that though I follow you revengefully, I shall not be much better for it, and I will now set a thing before you, and if you will do it, I will not follow you with revenge. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 30 till till ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 44 though though SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 revengefully revengefully ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 54 much much ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 advcl _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 63 advmod _ _ 63 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 before before ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 70 if if SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 71 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 advcl _ _ 74 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 76 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 77 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 79 aux _ _ 78 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 79 advmod _ _ 79 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 80 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 79 obj _ _ 81 with with ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the king | a message | | | | for Conall | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | king | | Conall | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Conall | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | your sons | | | | spring | on my sons | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on son=Location | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | past · passive | your children | my sons *not said here* | | | till my big son | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **follow** *in a quote* | present | king | Conall | | | | revengefully *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 8 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | shall | king | | | | | for message; good *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **set** *in a quote* | future | king | a thing | | | before Conall; now | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme before you=Destination | | 10 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | Conall | thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 11 | **not** **follow** *in a quote* | future | king | Conall | | | | with revenge | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/6/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)