--- title: “I will run until I burst,” he shrieked, “and when I burst, may I bu… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I will run until I burst,” he shrieked, “and when I burst, may I burst to a great distance, and may I trip that beggar-man up with my burstings and make him break his leg.” Who acts: Carl, Cael. 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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 (Carl, Cael), 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:pg2892:52:16 # text = “I will run until I burst,” he shrieked, “and when I burst, may I burst to a great distance, and may I trip that beggar-man up with my burstings and make him break his leg.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 burst burst VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 shrieked shriek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 trip trip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 31 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 32 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 burstings bursting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** *in a quote* | future | the Carl *= carl* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **burst** *in a quote* | present | the Carl *= carl* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **shriek** | past | Cael | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 4 | **burst** *in a quote* | past | the Carl *= carl* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **burst** *in a quote* | may | the Carl *= carl* | | | | | to a great distance | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **trip up** *in a quote* | may | the Carl *= carl* | that beggar man | | | | with my burstings | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent man=Patient with bursting=Instrument | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Carl *= carl* *not said here* | Cael | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **break** *in a quote* | infinitive | Cael *not said here* | Cael's leg | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/52/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/52/17/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/52/)