--- title: "Wasn't that a fine haul we made at the Lord of Dunlavin's!" says on… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Wasn't that a fine haul we made at the Lord of Dunlavin's!" says one ugly-looking thief with his mouth full, "and it's little we'd get only for the honest porter! here's his purty health!" Who acts: we, it. 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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, it), 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:pg7885:18:52 # text = "Wasn't that a fine haul we made at the Lord of Dunlavin's!" says one ugly-looking thief with his mouth full, "and it's little we'd get only for the honest porter! here's his purty health!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 haul haul NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Dunlavin Dunlavin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 18 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 20 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 amod _ _ 23 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 43 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 purty purty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | past | | a fine haul | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | past | we | a fine haul *not said here* | | | | at Dunlavin's Lord | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haul=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | would | we | | | | | for the honest porter | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for porter=Source | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | haul's purty health | | here | | | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/53/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Comrades](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/)