--- title: “There is no politeness left in this country,” said the stranger, an… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “There is no politeness left in this country,” said the stranger, and he went away to a certain distance, and from thence he threw a stone at mac an Da’v’s nose, and hit it. Who acts: politeness, stranger. 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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 (politeness, stranger), 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:pg2892:85:49 # text = “There is no politeness left in this country,” said the stranger, and he went away to a certain distance, and from thence he threw a stone at mac an Da’v’s nose, and hit it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 politeness politeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 thence thence ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 mac mac NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Da’v Da'v PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no politeness | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle | | no politeness *not said here* | | | | in this country *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in country=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the stranger | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go away** | past | stranger | | | | | to a certain distance; away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to distance=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **throw** | past | stranger | a stone | | mac | | thence *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent stone=Destination nose=Theme | | 6 | **hit** | past | stranger *not said here* | Da’v *= da'v* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/85/48/) - next →: [Chapter XV, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/86/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/85/)