--- title: “Further,” said the king, “surmise is aroused in us when we discover… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Further,” said the king, “surmise is aroused in us when we discover a woman far from a house; for you will have both observed and noticed that women are home-dwellers, and that a house without a woman or a woman without a house are imperfect objects, and although they be but half observed, they are --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/23/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/) / 23 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 23 “Further,” said the king, “surmise is aroused in us when we discover a woman far from a house; for you will have both observed and noticed that women are home-dwellers, and that a house without a woman or a woman without a house are imperfect objects, and although they be but half observed, they are noticed on the double.” **Who acts:** king, we, you, women, house · **What happens:** say, arouse, discover, have, observe, notice · **To what, where:** surmise, woman, both, home dwellers, imperfect objects, objects · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, we, you, women), 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:pg2892:40:23 # text = “Further,” said the king, “surmise is aroused in us when we discover a woman far from a house; for you will have both observed and noticed that women are home-dwellers, and that a house without a woman or a woman without a house are imperfect objects, and although they be but half observed, they are noticed on the double.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Further further ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 surmise surmise NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 aroused arouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 discover discover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 29 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 home home ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 dwellers dweller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 44 without without ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 50 without without ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 53 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 54 imperfect imperfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 58 although although SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 aux:pass _ _ 61 but but CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 63 advmod _ _ 63 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl:relcl _ _ 68 on on ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 double double NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | further *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arouse** *in a quote* | present · passive | | surmise | | | | in us | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **discover** *in a quote* | present | we | a woman | | | | far *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **observe** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | both | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **notice** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | women | home dwellers | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a house without a woman without a house or a woman | imperfect objects | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **observe** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | objects *= object* | | | | half *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 10 | **notice** *in a quote* | present · passive | | objects *= object* | | the double | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/24/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/)