--- title: Even unconsciously we accept the rights of others to all that we hav… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Even unconsciously we accept the rights of others to all that we have, and if we will not share our good with them, it is because we cannot, having none; but we will yet give what we have, although that be evil. Who acts: we, that. 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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, 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:pg2892:69:10 # text = Even unconsciously we accept the rights of others to all that we have, and if we will not share our good with them, it is because we cannot, having none; but we will yet give what we have, although that be evil. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 unconsciously unconsciously ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 accept accept VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nmod _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 because because SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 34 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 yet yet ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 although although SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | present | we | the rights of others to all | | | | unconsciously *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | we | others to all | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **not** **share** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | we | our good | | | | with rights *= right* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | gerund | we *not said here* | none | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | | 5 | **give** | future | we | | | | yet | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | we | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | that | | | | | evil *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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/11/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/)