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title: Well, my dear, it was a beautiful sight to see the king standing wit… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Well, my dear, it was a beautiful sight to see the king standing with his mouth open, looking at his poor old goose flying as light as a lark, and better than ever she was: and when she lit at his feet, patted her on the head, and "_Ma vourneen_," says he, "but you are the _darlint_ o' the world." W
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'toole and His Goose, sentence 38

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Well, my dear, it was a beautiful sight to see the king standing with his mouth open, looking at his poor old goose flying as light as a lark, and better than ever she was: and when she lit at his feet, patted her on the head, and "\_Ma vourneen\_," says he, "but you are the \_darlint\_ o' the world."

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**Who acts:** jewel, king, poor old goose, goose, Ma, you · **What happens:** be, see, stand, look, fly, light · **To what, where:** beautiful sight, king, light, feet, goose, Kavin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, King O'toole and His Goose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (jewel, king, poor old goose, goose), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:16:38
# text = Well, my dear, it was a beautiful sight to see the king standing with his mouth open, looking at his poor old goose flying as light as a lark, and better than ever she was: and when she lit at his feet, patted her on the head, and "_Ma vourneen_," says he, "but you are the _darlint_ o' the world."
1	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	conj	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
24	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
27	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	acl	_	_
28	as	as	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	obj	_	_
30	as	as	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
36	than	than	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	35	obl	_	_
38	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
42	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	44	advmod	_	_
43	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	advcl	_	_
45	at	at	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
49	patted	pat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
50	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	_
51	on	on	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
56	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	Ma	Ma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
59	vourneen	vourneen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	58	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	_
63	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	parataxis	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
66	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
68	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
69	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	72	cop	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	_	_	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	darlint	darlint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	77	punct	_	_
74	o	o	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	77	punct	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	49	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | jewel | a beautiful sight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Kavin's mouth; open *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **look** | gerund | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Kavin's poor old goose | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at goose=Theme |
| 5 | **fly** | gerund | Kavin's poor old goose *not said here* | light |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location light=Theme |
| 6 | **be** | past | goose |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **light** | past | goose |  |  | Kavin's feet |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **pat** | past |  | goose |  |  |  | on the head | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer on head=Theme |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ma | Kavin |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | the \_ darlint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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