--- title: Well, sir, you must know, as you didn't hear it afore, that there wa… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, sir, you must know, as you didn't hear it afore, that there was a king, called King O'Toole, who was a fine old king in the old ancient times, long ago; and it was he that owned the churches in the early days. Who acts: you, king, heerd. 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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 (you, king, heerd), 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:pg7885:16:2 # text = Well, sir, you must know, as you didn't hear it afore, that there was a king, called King O'Toole, who was a fine old king in the old ancient times, long ago; and it was he that owned the churches in the early days. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 afore afore ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ _ 25 O'Toole O'Toole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 ago ago ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 churches church NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | must | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | you | heerd | | | | afore *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **be** | past | a king | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **call** | participle | | a king *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | King | a fine old king | | | | ago *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | heerd | king | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **own** | past | king | the churches | | | day | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot church=Theme | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/3/) - ↑ back to [King O'toole and His Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/)