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title: "Oh, queen of heaven!" says the king, making the sign of the cross b… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: "Oh, queen of heaven!" says the king, making the sign of the cross between his eyes, and falling down on his knees before the saint; "is it the great Saint Kavin," says he, "that I've been discoursing all this time without knowing it," says he, "all as one as if he was a lump of a _gossoon_?--and so
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'toole and His Goose, sentence 53

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"Oh, queen of heaven!" says the king, making the sign of the cross between his eyes, and falling down on his knees before the saint; "is it the great Saint Kavin," says he, "that I've been discoursing all this time without knowing it," says he, "all as one as if he was a lump of a \_gossoon\_?--and so you're a saint?" says the king.

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**Who acts:** queen, sign, king, you, saint · **What happens:** say, make, fall down, be, discourse, know · **To what, where:** king, sign, knees, great Saint, lump, saint · **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 (queen, sign, king, you), 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:pg7885:16:53
# text = "Oh, queen of heaven!" says the king, making the sign of the cross between his eyes, and falling down on his knees before the saint; "is it the great Saint Kavin," says he, "that I've been discoursing all this time without knowing it," says he, "all as one as if he was a lump of a _gossoon_?--and so you're a saint?" says the king.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	between	between	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
25	down	down	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
29	before	before	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
33	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	Saint	Saint	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	ccomp	_	_
39	Kavin	Kavin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	_
42	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
45	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
47	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
49	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	50	aux	_	_
50	discoursing	discourse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	ccomp	_	_
51	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
52	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	53	det	_	_
53	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl:unmarked	_	_
54	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
55	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	50	advcl	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	59	punct	_	_
59	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
60	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
62	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	65	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	65	nsubj	_	_
64	as	as	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
65	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	59	ccomp	_	_
66	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
67	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
68	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
69	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	cop	_	_
70	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	advcl	_	_
72	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
73	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
74	_	_	SYM	SYM	_	75	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	gossoon	gossoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	65	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	_
80	so	so	ADV	RB	_	84	advmod	_	_
81	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	84	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	84	cop	_	_
83	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
84	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	84	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	84	punct	_	_
87	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
88	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
89	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | queen of heaven | the king |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | queen of heaven *not said here* | the sign of the cross between king's eyes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product |
| 3 | **fall down** | gerund | queen of heaven *not said here* |  |  | king's knees | before the saint | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | sign | the great Saint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | queen of heaven *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **discourse** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | king |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **know** *in a quote* | gerund | king *not said here* | sign |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 8 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | king *not said here* | king |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | king | a lump |  |  |  | of a gossoon | tree rules |
| 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a saint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a saint | the king |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic |
| 12 | **sign** |  |  | the cross between king's eyes |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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