--- title: “Good, my Treasure,” Dermod answered, “our minds are astonished when… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Good, my Treasure,” Dermod answered, “our minds are astonished when we see a woman able to drive a cow to pasture, for it has always seemed to us that they do not drive well.” Who acts: Dermod, minds, we, Treasure. 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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 (Dermod, minds, we, Treasure), 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:pg2892:40:15 # text = “Good, my Treasure,” Dermod answered, “our minds are astonished when we see a woman able to drive a cow to pasture, for it has always seemed to us that they do not drive well.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 Treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 Dermod Dermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 pasture pasture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 33 advmod _ _ 33 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 41 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Dermod | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | our minds | | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **drive** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | a cow | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | | 5 | **pasture** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Treasure | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **seem** *in a quote* | past | Treasure *not said here* | | us | | | always *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **drive** *in a quote* | present · do-support | minds *= mind* | | | | | well *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **treasure** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **mind** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/16/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/)