--- title: “Sit in this chair, mother,” said Mongan, “and tell me what you thou… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Sit in this chair, mother,” said Mongan, “and tell me what you thought you saw,” and he slipped a spike under her, and mac an Da’v pushed her into the seat, and she died on the spike. Who acts: Mongan, you, fog, Da’v. 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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 (Mongan, you, fog, Da’v), 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:pg2892:88:12 # text = “Sit in this chair, mother,” said Mongan, “and tell me what you thought you saw,” and he slipped a spike under her, and mac an Da’v pushed her into the seat, and she died on the spike. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Mongan Mongan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 spike spike NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 under under ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 mac mac VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Da’v Da'v PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 spike spike NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | this chair and mother | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mongan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | Mongan | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **slip** | past | fog | a spike | | | | under hag | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent spike=Patient | | 7 | **mac** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **push** | past | a Da’v | hag | | the seat | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into seat=Destination | | 9 | **die** | past | hag | | | the spike | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/88/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/88/13/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/88/)