--- title: She said it was unjust and presumptuous that the servant should get… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She said it was unjust and presumptuous that the servant should get a child at the same time that she got one herself, but there was no help for it, because the child was there and could not be obliterated. Who acts: child, attendant, servant. 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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 (child, attendant, servant), 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:pg2892:79:9 # text = She said it was unjust and presumptuous that the servant should get a child at the same time that she got one herself, but there was no help for it, because the child was there and could not be obliterated. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 unjust unjust ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 presumptuous presumptuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obj _ _ 23 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 because because SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 obliterated obliterate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | child | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | attendant | | | | | unjust *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | attendant *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | should | the servant | a child | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 5 | **get** | past | servant | one child | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | the child | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **obliterate** | could · passive | the child *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/79/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/79/10/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/79/)