--- title: "We're going to seek our fortune till the harvest comes in; you may… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "We're going to seek our fortune till the harvest comes in; you may join our party if you like, and sit on Neddy's crupper when your legs and wings are tired." Who acts: We, harvest, you, legs. 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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 (We, harvest, you, legs), 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:pg7885:18:38 # text = "We're going to seek our fortune till the harvest comes in; you may join our party if you like, and sit on Neddy's crupper when your legs and wings are tired." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 18 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 Neddy Neddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 crupper crupper NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | We | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **seek** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | our fortune | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 3 | **come in** *in a quote* | present | the harvest | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **join** *in a quote* | may | you | our party | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient | | 5 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | Neddy's crupper | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on crupper=Location | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your legs and wings | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/39/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Comrades](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/)