--- title: "Call that a trick," said the fistless lad, "any one can do that," a… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Call that a trick," said the fistless lad, "any one can do that," and so saying, he put up his hand, pulled his ear, and what happened was that he pulled away ear and head. Who acts: trick, one. 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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 (trick, one), 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:pg7885:20:102 # text = "Call that a trick," said the fistless lad, "any one can do that," and so saying, he put up his hand, pulled his ear, and what happened was that he pulled away ear and head. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 fistless fistless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 nsubj _ _ 37 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a trick | Call | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | can | any one | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a trick *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **put up** | past | trick | trick's hand | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 5 | **pull** | past | trick *not said here* | trick's ear | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 6 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | trick | | | | | Call *obl*; away, pull *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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/103/) - ↑ back to [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/)