--- title: "It's well for you, King O'Toole, that you said that word," says he;… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "It's well for you, King O'Toole, that you said that word," says he; "for if you didn't say that word, the devil the bit o' your goose would ever fly agin." Who acts: sun, you, goose. 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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 (sun, you, goose), 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:pg7885:16:47 # text = "It's well for you, King O'Toole, that you said that word," says he; "for if you didn't say that word, the devil the bit o' your goose would ever fly agin." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 O'Toole O'Toole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 18 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 41 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 advmod _ _ 41 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 42 agin agin NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sun | | | | | for you; well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | word | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 4 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · do-support | you | that word | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 5 | **fly** *in a quote* | would | your goose | agin | | | ever | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location agin=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/48/) - ↑ back to [King O'toole and His Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/)