--- title: “You know, my friend,” said Mongan, “that I can’t get Duv Laca back… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “You know, my friend,” said Mongan, “that I can’t get Duv Laca back unless the King of Leinster asks me to take her back, for a bargain is a bargain.” Who acts: You, Mongan, King, bargain. 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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 (You, Mongan, King, bargain), 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:pg2892:89:42 # text = “You know, my friend,” said Mongan, “that I can’t get Duv Laca back unless the King of Leinster asks me to take her back, for a bargain is a bargain.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Mongan Mongan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 18 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 21 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Leinster Leinster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | You | my friend | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mongan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **get back** *in a quote* | can | Mongan | Duv | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duv=Stimulus | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the King of Leinster | | Mongan | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the King of Leinster *not said here* | Leinster's back | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a bargain | | | | | for a bargain | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/43/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/89/)