--- title: The stalwart men hastened, and when they saw how the cats served the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The stalwart men hastened, and when they saw how the cats served the tree, they began at them with the spades; and they themselves and the cats began at each other, till the cats ran away. Who acts: stalwart men, places, cats. 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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 (stalwart men, places, cats), 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:pg7885:9:99 # text = The stalwart men hastened, and when they saw how the cats served the tree, they began at them with the spades; and they themselves and the cats began at each other, till the cats ran away. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stalwart stalwart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 spades spade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 27 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 26 nmod:unmarked _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 31 obl _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 till till SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hasten** | participle | the stalwart men | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | places *= place* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **serve** | past | the cats | the tree | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Attribute | | 4 | **begin** | past | places *= place* | | | | | at window; with the spades | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with spade=Subeventuality | | 5 | **begin** | past | places *= place* | | | each | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **run away** | past | the cats | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/100/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)