--- title: “No, no,” he said, “the past has nothing more of interest for me, an… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “No, no,” he said, “the past has nothing more of interest for me, and I do not wish anything to come between my soul and its instruction; continue to teach me, dear friend and saintly father.” Who acts: Tuan, past. 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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 (Tuan, past), 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:pg2892:4:6 # text = “No, no,” he said, “the past has nothing more of interest for me, and I do not wish anything to come between my soul and its instruction; continue to teach me, dear friend and saintly father.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 14 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 obj _ _ 15 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 26 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 between between ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 saintly saintly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tuan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the past | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 3 | **not** **wish** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Tuan | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Tuan *not said here* | | | my soul and past's instruction | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between soul=Location | | 5 | **continue** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tuan *not said here* | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Tuan *not said here* | | Tuan | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 7 | **instruct** *in a quote* | | past | | | | | | nom instruction «communication 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/4/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/4/7/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/4/)