--- title: “Yet,” said Cael to himself, “with an hour’s start the beggarman wil… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Yet,” said Cael to himself, “with an hour’s start the beggarman will have to move his bones if he wants to catch on me,” and he settled down to a good, pelting race. Who acts: Cael, hour, beggarman. 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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 (Cael, hour, beggarman), 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:pg2892:51:23 # text = “Yet,” said Cael to himself, “with an hour’s start the beggarman will have to move his bones if he wants to catch on me,” and he settled down to a good, pelting race. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yet yet 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=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Cael Cael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 beggarman beggarman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 down down ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 pelting pelt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 amod _ _ 42 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cael | | Cael | | yet | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 2 | **start** *in a quote* | infinitive | a hour *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | future | the beggarman | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **move** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the beggarman *not said here* | Cael's bones | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | | 5 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Cael | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **catch** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Cael *not said here* | | | | | on Cael | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **settle down** | past | Cael | | | | | to a good pelting race *result*; down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to race=Result | | 8 | **pelt** | gerund | | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/51/22/) - next →: [Chapter V, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/52/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/51/)