--- title: "Oh!" replied the stranger, "I'm an odd kind of good-for-little fell… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh!" replied the stranger, "I'm an odd kind of good-for-little fellow, one day poor, another day rich, but if you wish to know more about me or my habits, come with me and perhaps I may show you more than you would make out if you went alone." Who acts: stranger, you. 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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 (stranger, you), 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:pg7885:20:70 # text = "Oh!" replied the stranger, "I'm an odd kind of good-for-little fellow, one day poor, another day rich, but if you wish to know more about me or my habits, come with me and perhaps I may show you more than you would make out if you went alone." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 obj _ _ 38 about about ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 habits habit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 obj _ _ 54 than than SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 58 out out ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 if if SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 advcl _ _ 62 alone alone ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the stranger | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the stranger *= stranger* | a odd kind | | | | of good little fellow poor | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | more | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with the stranger *= stranger* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **show** *in a quote* | may | the stranger *= stranger* | more | you | | | perhaps *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient more=Topic | | 7 | **make out** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | | | | | alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/71/) - ↑ back to [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/)