--- title: “It is truly not an hour for engagements,” Dermod insisted, “for not… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “It is truly not an hour for engagements,” Dermod insisted, “for not a bird of the birds has left his tree; and,” he continued maliciously, “the light is such that you could not see an engagement even if you met one.” Who acts: mind, Dermod, light, you. 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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 (mind, Dermod, light, you), 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:pg2892:43:15 # text = “It is truly not an hour for engagements,” Dermod insisted, “for not a bird of the birds has left his tree; and,” he continued maliciously, “the light is such that you could not see an engagement even if you met one.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 truly truly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 engagements engagement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 12 Dermod Dermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 33 maliciously maliciously ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 32 conj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 engagement engagement NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 51 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | mind | a hour | | | | for engagements; truly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | Dermod | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | Dermod's tree | | | | for a bird of the birds | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tree=Theme for bird=Recipient | | 4 | **continue** | past | Dermod | | | | | maliciously *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the light | | | | | such *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | could | you | a engagement | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer engagement=Stimulus | | 7 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | one | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/16/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/)