--- title: And when he said that the dog put an addition and an addendum on to… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when he said that the dog put an addition and an addendum on to the noise he had been making before, so that the men of Ireland stuck their fingers into their ears and turned the whites of their eyes upwards, and nearly fell off their branches with the fear and the fright which that sound put in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/31/) [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 VII. “It is not nice of you to…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/) / 31 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VII. “It is not nice of you to laugh at us,” said Fiachna Finn, sentence 31 And when he said that the dog put an addition and an addendum on to the noise he had been making before, so that the men of Ireland stuck their fingers into their ears and turned the whites of their eyes upwards, and nearly fell off their branches with the fear and the fright which that sound put into them. **Who acts:** Mananna’n, dog, men, fear · **What happens:** say, put, make, stick, turn, fall off · **To what, where:** addition, noise, fingers, ears, whites, branches · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VII. “It is not nice of you to laugh at us,” said Fiachna Finn. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mananna’n, dog, men, fear), 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:pg2892:78:31 # text = And when he said that the dog put an addition and an addendum on to the noise he had been making before, so that the men of Ireland stuck their fingers into their ears and turned the whites of their eyes upwards, and nearly fell off their branches with the fear and the fright which that sound put into them. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 addition addition NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 addendum addendum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux _ _ 21 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 before before ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 whites white NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 upwards upwards ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 48 off off ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 59 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 parataxis _ _ 60 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 xcomp _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mananna’n *= mananna'n* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | the dog | a addition and a addendum | | the noise | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent addition=Theme on noise=Destination | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect · progressive | Mananna’n *= mananna'n* | the noise *not said here* | | | | before *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product | | 4 | **stick** | past | the men of Ireland | addition's fingers | | addition's ears | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Theme into ear=Destination | | 5 | **turn** | past | the men of Ireland *not said here* | the whites of addition's eyes | | | | upwards *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent white=Theme | | 6 | **fall off** | past | Mananna’n *= mananna'n* *not said here* | addition's branches | | | | with the fear and the fright; nearly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient branch=Extent | | 7 | **sound** | present | the fear and the fright | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **put** | participle | the fear and the fright *not said here* | | | | | into addition | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/32/) - ↑ 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/)