--- title: “We have been expecting you,” said Crede’, “but alas, poor soul, it… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “We have been expecting you,” said Crede’, “but alas, poor soul, it is a hard, and a long, bad way that you must go; for there is sea and land, danger and difficulty between you and the daughter of Morgan.” Who acts: We, Crede, alas, long bad way. 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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, Crede, alas, long bad way), 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:pg2892:70:5 # text = “We have been expecting you,” said Crede’, “but alas, poor soul, it is a hard, and a long, bad way that you must go; for there is sea and land, danger and difficulty between you and the daughter of Morgan.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Crede Crede PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 alas ala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 expl _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 39 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 between between ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Morgan Morgan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | We | you | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Crede | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | alas and poor soul | | | | | a long bad way *obl*; hard *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | must | a long bad way | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **does** *in a quote* | present | sea and land | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/6/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/)