--- title: “Come on, Goll,” he would say to his stag, or, lifting it over a tus… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Come on, Goll,” he would say to his stag, or, lifting it over a tussock with a tough grip on the snout, “Are you coming, bald Cona’n, or shall I kick you in the neck?” Who acts: Fionn, stag. 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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 (Fionn, stag), 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:pg2892:20:27 # text = “Come on, Goll,” he would say to his stag, or, lifting it over a tussock with a tough grip on the snout, “Are you coming, bald Cona’n, or shall I kick you in the neck?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tussock tussock NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 snout snout NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Cona’n Cona'n PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 kick kick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come on** *in a quote* | infinitive | Fionn *not said here* | Goll | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | would | Fionn | | Fionn's stag | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to stag=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **lift** | gerund | Fionn *not said here* | stag | | a tussock | | with a tough grip on the snout | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over tussock=Destination | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Fionn's stag *= stag* | bald Cona’n | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **kick** *in a quote* | shall | Fionn | Fionn's stag *= stag* | | the neck | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Patient in neck=Location | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/20/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/20/28/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/20/)