--- title: He continued: “Aillen mac Midna will be off his guard when he stops… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He continued: “Aillen mac Midna will be off his guard when he stops playing and begins to blow his fire; he will think everybody is asleep; then you can deliver the attack you were speaking of, and all good luck go with it.” Who acts: Fiacuil, mac Midna, everybody, you. 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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 (Fiacuil, mac Midna, everybody, you), 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:pg2892:26:50 # text = He continued: “Aillen mac Midna will be off his guard when he stops playing and begins to blow his fire; he will think everybody is asleep; then you can deliver the attack you were speaking of, and all good luck go with it.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Aillen Aillen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 mac Mac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Midna Midna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 10 off off ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 16 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 27 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 attack attack NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | Fiacuil | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | mac Midna | | | | | off Fiacuil's guard | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** *in a quote* | present | Fiacuil | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **play** *in a quote* | gerund | Fiacuil *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **begin** *in a quote* | present | Fiacuil *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **blow** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fiacuil *not said here* | Fiacuil's fire | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent fire=Patient | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | Fiacuil | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | everybody | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **deliver** *in a quote* | can | you | the attack | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Patient | | 10 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · progressive | you | the attack *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | all good luck | | | | | with attack | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary | | 12 | **fire** *in a quote* | | Fiacuil | | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/26/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/26/51/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/26/)