--- title: With all this the Irishman decided to stay; but that night there wer… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: With all this the Irishman decided to stay; but that night there were three at him for every one that was there the two nights before, and it looked very unlikely that he would be alive in the morning after all that he got. Who acts: Irishman, three, one, it. 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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 (Irishman, three, one, it), 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:pg640:45:52 # text = With all this the Irishman decided to stay; but that night there were three at him for every one that was there the two nights before, and it looked very unlikely that he would be alive in the morning after all that he got. 1 With with SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Irishman Irishman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nsubj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 27 before before ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 unlikely unlikely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 after after SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | the Irishman | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Irishman *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | three at Irishman for every one | | | there | night | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | every one | | | | | before, there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | past | it | | | | | unlikely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | would | Irishman | | | | morning | alive *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | past | Irishman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/53/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)