--- title: ‘’Tis a pity,’ said he, ‘if we’d let the piper run dry after such mu… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘’Tis a pity,’ said he, ‘if we’d let the piper run dry after such music; ‘twould be a disgrace to Iveragh, that didn’t come on it since the week of the three Sundays.’ Who acts: pity, that. 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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 (pity, that), 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:pg3454:18:17 # text = ‘’Tis a pity,’ said he, ‘if we’d let the piper run dry after such music; ‘twould be a disgrace to Iveragh, that didn’t come on it since the week of the three Sundays.’ 1 ‘’ ‘' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’d have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 14 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 piper piper NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 18 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 twould twould AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 disgrace disgrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Iveragh Iveragh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 33 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 since since ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 Sundays Sunday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a pity | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | pity | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | pity *not said here* | the piper | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piper=Theme | | 4 | **run** | present | | | | | after such music | dry *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | | | a disgrace | Iveragh | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | that | | | music | week | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=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:** «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/18/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)