--- title: All that I have they give me, all that I have I give to them, and if… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All that I have they give me, all that I have I give to them, and if I must give this also, then I will give this, although it would be easier for me to give my life.” Who acts: I, All, it, me. 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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 (I, All, it, me), 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:pg2892:78:15 # text = All that I have they give me, all that I have I give to them, and if I must give this also, then I will give this, although it would be easier for me to give my life.” 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obj _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 obj _ _ 24 also also ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 although although SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 parataxis _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 give give VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | All | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **have** | present | I | that | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | I | | king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 5 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | must | I | this | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 6 | **give** | future | I | this | | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 7 | **is** | would | it | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **give** | to-infinitive | me | my life | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/16/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. “It is not nice of you to laugh at us,” said Fiachna Finn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/)