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title: Indeed he was the foster-brother of Time, and so disdainful of the b… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Indeed he was the foster-brother of Time, and so disdainful of the bitter god that he did not even disdain him; he leaped over the scythe, he dodged under it, and the sole occasions on which Time laughs is when he chances on Tuan, the son of Cairill, the son of Muredac Red-neck. Who acts: gentleman,
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 18

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Indeed he was the foster-brother of Time, and so disdainful of the bitter god that he did not even disdain him; he leaped over the scythe, he dodged under it, and the sole occasions on which Time laughs is when he chances on Tuan, the son of Cairill, the son of Muredac Red-neck.

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**Who acts:** gentleman, Time · **What happens:** be, not disdain, leap, dodge, laugh · **To what, where:** foster brother, disdainful, scythe, sole occasions, Tuan

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gentleman, Time), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2892:2:18
# text = Indeed he was the foster-brother of Time, and so disdainful of the bitter god that he did not even disdain him; he leaped over the scythe, he dodged under it, and the sole occasions on which Time laughs is when he chances on Tuan, the son of Cairill, the son of Muredac Red-neck.
1	Indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	disdainful	disdainful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
20	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
21	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
22	even	even	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	disdain	disdain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	csubj	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	leaped	leap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
28	over	over	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	scythe	scythe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	dodged	dodge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
34	under	under	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
41	on	on	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	obl	_	_
43	Time	Time	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	acl:relcl	_	_
45	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	_
46	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	48	mark	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	chances	chance	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	ccomp	_	_
49	on	on	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Tuan	Tuan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Cairill	Cairill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	Muredac	Muredac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	_
61	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | gentleman | the foster brother and the bitter god |  |  | time | indeed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **disdain** | past · do-support | gentleman | disdainful |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **leap** | past | gentleman |  |  | the scythe |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over scythe=Trajectory |
| 4 | **dodge** | past | gentleman | the sole occasions |  | scythe |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **laugh** | present | Time |  |  | the sole occasions |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present | gentleman |  |  | Tuan |  | chance *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**Text:** «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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