--- title: But of a truth and verity, although he put out even my eye, it were… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But of a truth and verity, although he put out even my eye, it were my desire still to remain looking at her with the other eye, were it not for the hurry you told me to be in," said Gelban. Who acts: Connachar, verity, you, hurry. 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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 (Connachar, verity, you, hurry), 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:pg7885:13:149 # text = But of a truth and verity, although he put out even my eye, it were my desire still to remain looking at her with the other eye, were it not for the hurry you told me to be in," said Gelban. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 verity verity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 although although SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 23 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 xcomp _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 in in ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 46 Gelban Gelban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put out** | past | Connachar | my eye | | | still | of a truth and verity | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | verity | my desire | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | Connachar *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | gerund | Connachar *not said here* | | | | | at eye; with the other eye | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | verity | | | | | for the hurry | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | you | the hurry *not said here* | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the hurry | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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:** «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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/150/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Deirdre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/)