--- title: “I am under bonds,” cried Art, “I have passed my word, and I would n… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I am under bonds,” cried Art, “I have passed my word, and I would not forget Ireland or cut myself from it for all the kingdoms of the Many-Coloured Land.” Who acts: bonds, my. 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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 (bonds, my), 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:pg2892:70:22 # text = “I am under bonds,” cried Art, “I have passed my word, and I would not forget Ireland or cut myself from it for all the kingdoms of the Many-Coloured Land.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bonds bond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Art Art PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 23 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | bonds *= bond* | | | bonds | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | bonds | Art | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Topic | | 3 | **pass** *in a quote* | present · perfect | bonds *= bond* | my word | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Trajectory | | 4 | **not** **forget** *in a quote* | would | bonds *= bond* | Ireland | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cut** *in a quote* | infinitive | bonds *= bond* *not said here* | bonds *= bond* | | word | | for all kingdoms of the Coloured Land | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.material PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent myself=Product from it=Material for kingdom=Beneficiary | | 6 | **word** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/)