--- title: She did not want a good home for this dog: she wanted the worst home… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She did not want a good home for this dog: she wanted the worst home that could be found in the world, and she thought that Fergus would revenge for her the rage and jealousy which she felt towards Tuiren. Who acts: Uct, rage. 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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 (Uct, rage), 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:pg2892:29:48 # text = She did not want a good home for this dog: she wanted the worst home that could be found in the world, and she thought that Fergus would revenge for her the rage and jealousy which she felt towards Tuiren. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 Fergus Fergus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 towards towards ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Tuiren Tuiren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | Uct | a good home | | | | for this dog | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot home=Theme | | 2 | **want** | past | Uct | the worst home | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot home=Theme | | 3 | **find** | could · passive | | the worst home | | the world | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Uct | | | | | for world | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **feel** | past | the rage and jealousy | | | | | towards Tuiren | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/47/) - next →: [Chapter III, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/30/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/)