--- title: ‘By the holy frost, then!’ says Paddy, ‘’tis but cold comfort there’… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘By the holy frost, then!’ says Paddy, ‘’tis but cold comfort there’s in that bottle now; and ‘tis your word we must take for the strength of the whisky, for you’ve left us no sample to judge by’; and to be sure Maurice had not. Who acts: Paddy, we, you, Maurice. 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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 (Paddy, we, you, Maurice), 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:pg3454:18:26 # text = ‘By the holy frost, then!’ says Paddy, ‘’tis but cold comfort there’s in that bottle now; and ‘tis your word we must take for the strength of the whisky, for you’ve left us no sample to judge by’; and to be sure Maurice had not. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 By by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Paddy Paddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 ‘’ ‘' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 tis tis VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 whisky whisky NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ve have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 43 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 44 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 sample sample NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 55 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 56 Maurice Maurice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Paddy | | | | then | by the holy frost | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tis** | infinitive | | your word | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | must | we | your word *not said here* | | | | for the strength of the whisky | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent word=Theme for strength=Beneficiary | | 4 | **have** | present | you | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **leave** | participle | you *not said here* | no sample | us | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent we=Theme sample=Attribute | | 6 | **judge** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | no sample *not said here* | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | Paddy *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **have** | past | Maurice | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **word** | | your | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/27/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)