--- title: “That was your right, and I swear by my hand that if the man you des… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “That was your right, and I swear by my hand that if the man you desire is alive and unmarried he shall marry you or he will answer to me for the refusal.” Who acts: That, Fionn, you, hand. 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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 (That, Fionn, you, hand), 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:pg2892:34:48 # text = “That was your right, and I swear by my hand that if the man you desire is alive and unmarried he shall marry you or he will answer to me for the refusal.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 unmarried unmarry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | That | your right | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **swear** *in a quote* | present | Fionn | your right *not said here* | | | | by my hand | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent right=Eventuality | | 3 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | you | the man *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot man=Theme | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | my hand | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **unmarry** *in a quote* | past | my hand *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** *in a quote* | shall | Man | you | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Man | | Fionn | | | for the refusal | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to i=Co-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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/49/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/)