--- title: "Ah, now, Donald, we haven't always been friends," said Dudden, "but… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Ah, now, Donald, we haven't always been friends," said Dudden, "but, as I was just saying, you were ever a decent lad, and you'll show us the way, won't you?" Who acts: we, Donald, you. 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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 (we, Donald, you), 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:pg7885:10:132 # text = "Ah, now, Donald, we haven't always been friends," said Dudden, "but, as I was just saying, you were ever a decent lad, and you'll show us the way, won't you?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Donald Donald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 cop _ _ 13 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 Dudden Dudden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 decent decent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 39 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 44 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | friends | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Donald and friends | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Donald and friends *= donald* | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | you | a decent lad | | | ever | | tree rules | | 5 | **show** *in a quote* | future | you | the way | you | | | | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/133/) - ↑ back to [Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'neary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/)