--- title: Well, I got away from him somehow, but when I was passing through th… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, I got away from him somehow, but when I was passing through the door, it must be the divel himself that pounced down on me with his claws, and his teeth, that were equal to sixpenny nails, and his wings--ill luck be in his road! Who acts: I, door, Enniscorthy, that. 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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 (I, door, Enniscorthy, that), 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:pg7885:18:86 # text = Well, I got away from him somehow, but when I was passing through the door, it must be the divel himself that pounced down on me with his claws, and his teeth, that were equal to sixpenny nails, and his wings--ill luck be in his road! 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 divel divel NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 pounced pounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 sixpenny sixpenny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get away** | past | I | Enniscorthy's teeth | | | | from Enniscorthy; away, somehow *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from he=Source | | 2 | **pass** | past · progressive | I | | | the door | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through door=Location | | 3 | **is a** | must | door | the divel | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pounce down** | past | Enniscorthy | | | | | on me; with Enniscorthy's claws | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on i=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | past | that | | | | | to sixpenny nails; equal *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | Enniscorthy's wings and ill luck | | | Enniscorthy's road | | | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/87/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Comrades](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/)