--- title: “I was born in this place,” said Tibraide’, “my father was born here… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I was born in this place,” said Tibraide’, “my father was born here before me, and my grandfather was born here before him, but until this day and this minute I never saw a river here before, and I never heard of one.” Who acts: Tibraide. 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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 (Tibraide), 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:pg2892:86:32 # text = “I was born in this place,” said Tibraide’, “my father was born here before me, and my grandfather was born here before him, but until this day and this minute I never saw a river here before, and I never heard of one.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Tibraide Tibraide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 19 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 20 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 before before ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 33 until until ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 before before ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Tibraide | | this place | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tibraide | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bear** *in a quote* | past · passive | | my father | | here | before Tibraide | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **bear** *in a quote* | past · passive | | my grandfather | | here | before Tibraide | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | past | Tibraide | a river | | | day | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **hear** *in a quote* | past | Tibraide | | | | | of one | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of one=Stimulus | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/86/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/86/33/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/86/)