--- title: “I know,” the cleric continued, “that Duv Laca will not agree with a… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I know,” the cleric continued, “that Duv Laca will not agree with a word I say on this subject, and that she will try to prevent you from doing what you have a right to do, for that is a wife’s business, but a man’s business is to do what I have just told you; so come with me now and do not wait to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/80/15/) [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 IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/80/) / 15 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IX, sentence 15 “I know,” the cleric continued, “that Duv Laca will not agree with a word I say on this subject, and that she will try to prevent you from doing what you have a right to do, for that is a wife’s business, but a man’s business is to do what I have just told you; so come with me now and do not wait to think about it, and do not wait to play any more chess. **Who acts:** Mongan, cleric, Duv Laca, you, that, business · **What happens:** know, continue, not agree, say, try, prevent · **To what, where:** word, subject, you, right, Mongan, more chess · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mongan, cleric, Duv Laca, you), 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:pg2892:80:15 # text = “I know,” the cleric continued, “that Duv Laca will not agree with a word I say on this subject, and that she will try to prevent you from doing what you have a right to do, for that is a wife’s business, but a man’s business is to do what I have just told you; so come with me now and do not wait to think about it, and do not wait to play any more chess. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cleric cleric NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 from from SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 45 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’s 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 57 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 parataxis _ _ 60 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 64 obj _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 just just ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 advcl _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 so so ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 obl _ _ 71 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 68 advmod _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 75 aux _ _ 74 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 75 advmod _ _ 75 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 conj _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 77 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 advcl _ _ 78 about about ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 82 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 84 aux _ _ 83 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 84 advmod _ _ 84 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 conj _ _ 85 to to PART TO _ 86 mark _ _ 86 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 84 xcomp _ _ 87 any any ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ _ 88 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 89 amod _ _ 89 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Mongan | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **continue** | past | the cleric | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | future | Duv Laca | | | | | with a word | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with word=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Mongan | a word *not said here* | | this subject | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 5 | **try** *in a quote* | future | cleric | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **prevent** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | cleric *not said here* | you | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer you=Theme | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | cleric *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | a right | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a right *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | for a wife's business | tree rules | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a man's business | | | | | do *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Mongan | you | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | the cleric *not said here* | | | | now | with Mongan | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **not** **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | the cleric *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 15 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the cleric *not said here* | | | | | about business | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | | 16 | **not** **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | the cleric *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 17 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the cleric *not said here* | more chess | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chess=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/pg2892/80/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/80/16/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/80/)