--- title: "No," says the saint; "I'm no tinker by trade, King O'Toole; I've a… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "No," says the saint; "I'm no tinker by trade, King O'Toole; I've a better trade than a tinker," says he--"what would you say," says he, "if I made your old goose as good as new?" Who acts: saint, you, I. 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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 (saint, you, I), 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:pg7885:16:23 # text = "No," says the saint; "I'm no tinker by trade, King O'Toole; I've a better trade than a tinker," says he--"what would you say," says he, "if I made your old goose as good as new?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 saint saint NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 tinker tinker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 18 O'Toole O'Toole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 've have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 than than ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tinker tinker NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 30 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 40 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 as as ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the saint | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the saint *= saint* | no tinker | | | | by trade | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the saint *= saint* | a better trade | | | | than a tinker | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | Saint | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | | Saint | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 7 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | I | your old goose | | | | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Product | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/24/) - ↑ back to [King O'toole and His Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/)