--- title: I will get on your back with a foot in each of the baskets, and when… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I will get on your back with a foot in each of the baskets, and when Branduv asks the wizards where I am they will tell him that I have one leg in Ireland and one leg in Scotland, and as long as they tell him that he will think he need not bother himself about me, and we will go into Leinster that w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/84/33/) [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 XIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/84/) / 33 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XIII, sentence 33 I will get on your back with a foot in each of the baskets, and when Branduv asks the wizards where I am they will tell him that I have one leg in Ireland and one leg in Scotland, and as long as they tell him that he will think he need not bother himself about me, and we will go into Leinster that way.” **Who acts:** I, Branduv, wizards, we · **What happens:** get, ask, tell, have, think, not need · **To what, where:** back, wizards, Branduv, one leg, Ireland, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XIII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Branduv, wizards, we), 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:pg2892:84:33 # text = I will get on your back with a foot in each of the baskets, and when Branduv asks the wizards where I am they will tell him that I have one leg in Ireland and one leg in Scotland, and as long as they tell him that he will think he need not bother himself about me, and we will go into Leinster that way.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 baskets basket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 Branduv Branduv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wizards wizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 ccomp _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 ccomp _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 56 bother bother VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 56 obj _ _ 58 about about ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 65 into into ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 Leinster Leinster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 67 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 68 det _ _ 68 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | future | I | | | your back | | with a foot in each | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on back=Source | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Branduv | | the wizards | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wizard=Recipient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | | Branduv | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **have** | present | I | one leg and one leg in Scotland | | Ireland | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | wizards *= wizard* | | Branduv | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | future | Branduv | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **need** | infinitive | Branduv | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **bother** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Branduv *not said here* | Branduv | | | | about me | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 9 | **go** | future | we | that way | | Leinster | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into leinster=Initial\_Location | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/84/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/84/34/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/84/)