--- title: “Indeed,” said Conn, “that will be a great satisfaction, for I have… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Indeed,” said Conn, “that will be a great satisfaction, for I have already all the trouble that I can cope with and have no wish to add to it by offending the gods.” Who acts: Conn, that, trouble, wish. 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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 (Conn, that, trouble, wish), 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:pg2892:67:14 # text = “Indeed,” said Conn, “that will be a great satisfaction, for I have already all the trouble that I can cope with and have no wish to add to it by offending the gods.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Indeed indeed 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 Conn Conn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 satisfaction satisfaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 19 already already ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 cope cope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 26 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 by by SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 offending offend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Conn | | | | | indeed *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | that | a great satisfaction | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Conn | all trouble | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient | | 4 | **cope** *in a quote* | can | all trouble | | | | | | vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Conn *not said here* | no wish | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | no wish *not said here* | | wish | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to it=Co-Patient | | 7 | **offend** *in a quote* | gerund | no wish *not said here* | the gods | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus god=Experiencer | 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/pg2892/67/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/67/15/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/67/)