--- title: “And we are worth seeing,” Cuillen continued, and the disappointment… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “And we are worth seeing,” Cuillen continued, and the disappointment that was set in her sister’s face got carved and twisted into hers, but it was worse in her case. Who acts: we, Cuillen, disappointment. 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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 (we, Cuillen, disappointment), 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:pg2892:57:25 # text = “And we are worth seeing,” Cuillen continued, and the disappointment that was set in her sister’s face got carved and twisted into hers, but it was worse in her case. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 6 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 Cuillen Cuillen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 disappointment disappointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 twisted twist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **continue** | past | Cuillen | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set** | past · passive | | the disappointment | | Cuillen's sister's face | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in face=Destination | | 5 | **carve** | past · passive | | the disappointment | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **twist** | participle | | | | | | into face | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into her=Result | | 7 | **is** | past | disappointment | | | face's case | | bad *property* | tree rules | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/57/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/57/26/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/57/)