--- title: "I have no mind to eat anything," replied the story-teller; "long as… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I have no mind to eat anything," replied the story-teller; "long as I have been in the service of the king of Leinster, I never sat down to breakfast without having a new story ready for the evening, but this morning my mind is quite shut up, and I don't know what to do. 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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 (story teller, my), 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:pg7885:20:9 # text = "I have no mind to eat anything," replied the story-teller; "long as I have been in the service of the king of Leinster, I never sat down to breakfast without having a new story ready for the evening, but this morning my mind is quite shut up, and I don't know what to do. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 cop _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 advcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Leinster Leinster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 without without SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 54 quite quite ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 56 up up ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 61 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 63 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 65 obj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the story teller *= teller* | no mind | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the story teller *= teller* *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the story teller | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the story teller *= teller* | | | the service | | of the king of Leinster | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **sit down** *in a quote* | past | the story teller *= teller* | | | | | to breakfast | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | the story teller *= teller* *not said here* | a new story | | | | ready *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient | | 7 | **shut up** *in a quote* | present · passive | | this morning | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the story teller *= teller* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 10 | **mind** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/10/) - ↑ back to [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/)