--- title: "Oh, by dad," says St. Kavin, "you must say more nor that--my horn's… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh, by dad," says St. Kavin, "you must say more nor that--my horn's not so soft all out," says he, "as to repair your old goose for nothing; what'll you gi' me if I do the job for you?--that's the chat," says St. Kavin. Who acts: St., you, horn, 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 (St., you, horn, 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:pg7885:16:28 # text = "Oh, by dad," says St. Kavin, "you must say more nor that--my horn's not so soft all out," says he, "as to repair your old goose for nothing; what'll you gi' me if I do the job for you?--that's the chat," says St. Kavin. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 10 Kavin Kavin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 16 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 obj _ _ 17 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 18 cc _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 conj _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ 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 15 parataxis _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 gi GI NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ? ? PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 -- -- PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ 64 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 65 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 66 Kavin Kavin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | St. | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | must | you | more | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | my horn | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | | St. | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 5 | **repair** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | your old goose | | | | for nothing | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent goose=Patient | | 6 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I | the job | | | | for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the chat | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | St. | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/29/) - ↑ back to [King O'toole and His Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/)