--- title: “Do not look any further for the rusty-kneed, slow-trotting son of R… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Do not look any further for the rusty-kneed, slow-trotting son of Rona’n,” he continued, “but ask me to run your race, and, by this hand, I will be first at the post.” Who acts: man, your. 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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 (man, your), 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:pg2892:49:26 # text = “Do not look any further for the rusty-kneed, slow-trotting son of Rona’n,” he continued, “but ask me to run your race, and, by this hand, I will be first at the post.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 5 any any ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 kneed knee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 trotting trot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Rona’n Rona'n PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 conj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | man *not said here* | | | | | far *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **knee** *in a quote* | participle | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **trot** *in a quote* | gerund | man *not said here* | son of Rona’n | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Agent | | 4 | **continue** | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | man *not said here* | | the man *= man* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **run** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | your race | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Trajectory | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | future | the man *= man* | | | the post | | by this hand; first *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **race** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/49/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/49/27/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/49/)