--- title: “It is my business surely,” said mac an Da’v, “for my wife has gone… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “It is my business surely,” said mac an Da’v, “for my wife has gone off to Leinster with your wife, and she wouldn’t have gone if you hadn’t made a bet and a bargain with that accursed king.” Who acts: business, Mongan. 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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 (business, Mongan), 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:pg2892:84:22 # text = “It is my business surely,” said mac an Da’v, “for my wife has gone off to Leinster with your wife, and she wouldn’t have gone if you hadn’t made a bet and a bargain with that accursed king.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 surely surely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 mac mac VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Da’v Da'v PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Leinster Leinster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux _ _ 32 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bet bet NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | business | my business | | | | surely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my business | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **mac** | infinitive | | a Da’v | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go off** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | Leinster | | | for my wife; with your wife | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | would · perfect | Mongan | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **make** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | you | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary bet=Product | | 7 | **accurs** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/84/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/84/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/84/)