--- title: She asked her husband then, boldly, to tell her the story of Duv Lac… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She asked her husband then, boldly, to tell her the story of Duv Laca, and under the influence of their mutual love he promised to tell it to her some time, but each time she reminded him of his promise he became confused, and said that he would tell it some other time. Who acts: lament, husband, te --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/73/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter II. Said Cairide’:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/73/) / 16 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II. Said Cairide’:, sentence 16 She asked her husband then, boldly, to tell her the story of Duv Laca, and under the influence of their mutual love he promised to tell it to her some time, but each time she reminded him of his promise he became confused, and said that he would tell it some other time. **Who acts:** lament, husband, tellers · **What happens:** ask, tell, promise, remind, become, say · **To what, where:** husband, story, lament, influence, promise · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter II. Said Cairide’:. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lament, husband, tellers), 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:pg2892:73:16 # text = She asked her husband then, boldly, to tell her the story of Duv Laca, and under the influence of their mutual love he promised to tell it to her some time, but each time she reminded him of his promise he became confused, and said that he would tell it some other time. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mutual mutual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 reminded remind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 58 det _ _ 57 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | lament | | lament's husband | | then | boldly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | lament *not said here* | the story of Duv | lament | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | husband | | | the influence of tellers's mutual love | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | husband *not said here* | | story | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 5 | **remind** *speech: other* | past | lament | | husband | | time | of husband's promise | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of promise=Topic | | 6 | **become** | past | husband | husband's promise *not said here* | | | | confused *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient promise=Result | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | husband | | story | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 9 | **love** | | tellers *= teller* | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **promise** | | husband | | | | | | nom promise «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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/73/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/73/17/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. 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