--- title: “I would advise you,” said Crede’ in a low voice, “to seek no more f… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I would advise you,” said Crede’ in a low voice, “to seek no more for the sweet daughter of Morgan, but to stay in this place where all that is lovely is at your service.” Who acts: Crede, 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 (Crede, 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:pg2892:70:17 # text = “I would advise you,” said Crede’ in a low voice, “to seek no more for the sweet daughter of Morgan, but to stay in this place where all that is lovely is at your service.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 advise advise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Crede Crede PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 seek seek VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 19 no no ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 obj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Morgan Morgan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advise** *speech: other* *in a quote* | would | Crede | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Crede | | | a low voice | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **seek** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | more | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | | 4 | **stay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | this place | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | lovely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | your lovely service | | | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/18/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/)