--- title: “I should not like your son to be at Tara when I am there, or for a… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I should not like your son to be at Tara when I am there, or for a year afterwards, for I do not wish to meet him until I have forgotten him and have come to know you well.” Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:pg2892:64:30 # text = “I should not like your son to be at Tara when I am there, or for a year afterwards, for I do not wish to meet him until I have forgotten him and have come to know you well.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 until until SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | should | the king *= king* | your son | | | year | afterwards *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot son=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | Tara | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the king *= king* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **wish** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the king *= king* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **meet** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the king *= king* *not said here* | Tara | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **forget** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the king *= king* | Tara | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the king *= king* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the king *= king* *not said here* | you | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/31/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/)