--- title: "Now you're reasonable," said the beggarman; "and since you've given… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Now you're reasonable," said the beggarman; "and since you've given up trying to hang a stranger because he finds fault with your music, I don't mind telling you that if you go back to the gallows you'll find your friends sitting on the sward none the worse for what has happened." 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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 (you, beggarman, captain, friends), 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:pg7885:20:154 # text = "Now you're reasonable," said the beggarman; "and since you've given up trying to hang a stranger because he finds fault with your music, I don't mind telling you that if you go back to the gallows you'll find your friends sitting on the sward none the worse for what has happened." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 reasonable reasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ 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 5 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 beggarman beggarman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 since since SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 27 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 36 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 xcomp _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 acl _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 sward sward NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 51 obl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 55 acl:relcl _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 obl _ _ 60 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | now | reasonable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the beggarman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give up** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **try** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **hang** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a stranger | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Patient | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | present | beggarman | fault | | | | with your music | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic | | 7 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the captain *= captain* | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | the captain *= captain* *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 9 | **go back** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | to the gallows *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to gallows=Result | | 10 | **find** *in a quote* | future | you | your friends | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic | | 11 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | your friends *not said here* | | | none | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on none=Location | | 12 | **happen** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/153/) - next →: [sentence 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/155/) - ↑ back to [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/)