--- title: “I saw that I was hairy and tufty and bristled as a savage boar; tha… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I saw that I was hairy and tufty and bristled as a savage boar; that I was lean as a stripped bush; that I was greyer than a badger; withered and wrinkled like an empty sack; naked as a fish; wretched as a starving crow in winter; and on my fingers and toes there were great curving claws, so that I --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/6/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter V. “Tell on, my love,” Finnian…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/6/) / 14 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter V. “Tell on, my love,” Finnian murmured, sentence 14 “I saw that I was hairy and tufty and bristled as a savage boar; that I was lean as a stripped bush; that I was greyer than a badger; withered and wrinkled like an empty sack; naked as a fish; wretched as a starving crow in winter; and on my fingers and toes there were great curving claws, so that I looked like nothing that was known, like nothing that was animal or divine. **Who acts:** Finnian, that · **What happens:** see, be, bristle, strip, wither, wrinkle · **To what, where:** fingers, animal · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter V. “Tell on, my love,” Finnian murmured. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Finnian, that), 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:pg2892:6:14 # text = “I saw that I was hairy and tufty and bristled as a savage boar; that I was lean as a stripped bush; that I was greyer than a badger; withered and wrinkled like an empty sack; naked as a fish; wretched as a starving crow in winter; and on my fingers and toes there were great curving claws, so that I looked like nothing that was known, like nothing that was animal or divine. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 hairy hairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 tufty tufty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 bristled bristle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 lean lean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 stripped strip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 greyer grey ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 conj _ _ 30 than than ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 badger badger NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 wrinkled wrinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 47 wretched wretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 starving starve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 amod _ _ 51 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 conj _ _ 61 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 62 expl _ _ 62 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 63 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 64 curving curve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 65 amod _ _ 65 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 70 mark _ _ 68 that that SCONJ IN _ 67 fixed _ _ 69 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 parataxis _ _ 71 like like ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 70 obl _ _ 73 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 75 nsubj:pass _ _ 74 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux:pass _ _ 75 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 like like ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 70 conj _ _ 79 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 81 nsubj _ _ 80 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 cop _ _ 81 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 appos _ _ 82 or or CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 divine divine NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Finnian | my fingers and toes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Finnian | | | | | hairy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | Finnian *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bristle** *in a quote* | participle | Finnian *not said here* | | | | | as a savage boar | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that | | | | | as a stripped bush; lean *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **strip** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that | | | | | than a badger; grey *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **wither** *in a quote* | participle | Finnian *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **wrinkle** *in a quote* | participle | Finnian *not said here* | | | | | like a empty sack | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **wretch** *in a quote* | participle | Finnian *not said here* | | | | | as a starving crow in winter | tree rules | | 11 | **starve** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **curve** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | | 13 | **look** *in a quote* | past | Finnian | | | | | like nothing | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 14 | **know** *in a quote* | past · passive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 15 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that | animal or divine | | | | | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/6/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/6/15/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. “Tell on, my love,” Finnian murmured](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/6/)