--- title: “If you tried to take me away from this place against my own wish, o… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “If you tried to take me away from this place against my own wish, one half of the men of Ulster would be dead before you got me and the other half would be badly wounded in my defence.” Who acts: you, one half, other half, my. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XII, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/83/8/) [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 XII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/83/) / 8 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XII, sentence 8 “If you tried to take me away from this place against my own wish, one half of the men of Ulster would be dead before you got me and the other half would be badly wounded in my defence.” **Who acts:** you, one half, other half, my · **What happens:** try, take away, be, get, wish, defend · **To what, where:** woman, place, own wish, defence This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, one half, other half, my), 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:pg2892:83:8 # text = “If you tried to take me away from this place against my own wish, one half of the men of Ulster would be dead before you got me and the other half would be badly wounded in my defence.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 26 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Ulster Ulster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 acl:relcl _ _ 27 before before SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 38 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 37 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **take away** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | woman | | this place against my own wish | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | would | one half of the men of Ulster | my own wish *not said here* | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | past | you | woman | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | would | the other half | | | my defence | | badly, wounded *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **defend** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom defence «process 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/83/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/83/9/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/83/)