--- title: But when the High King of Ireland asks us to marry him we do not ref… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when the High King of Ireland asks us to marry him we do not refuse, for it is not a thing that we shall be asked to do every day in the week, and there is no woman in the world but would love to rule it in Tara. Who acts: High King, we, thought, woman. 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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 (High King, we, thought, woman), 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:pg2892:40:75 # text = But when the High King of Ireland asks us to marry him we do not refuse, for it is not a thing that we shall be asked to do every day in the week, and there is no woman in the world but would love to rule it in Tara. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the High King of Ireland | | us | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the High King of Ireland *not said here* | King | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **not** **refuse** | present · do-support | we | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | thought | | | | | for a thing | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | shall · passive | | we | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | day; week | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **be** | present | no woman in the world | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **love** | would | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **rule** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | thought | | Tara | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/76/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/)