--- title: "I'd like to take a glimpse at the lad in the cradle," said he to Oo… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I'd like to take a glimpse at the lad in the cradle," said he to Oonagh; "for I can tell you that the infant who can manage that nutriment is no joke to look at, or to feed of a scarce summer." Who acts: Cucullin, infant, nutriment. 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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 (Cucullin, infant, nutriment), 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:pg7885:22:107 # text = "I'd like to take a glimpse at the lad in the cradle," said he to Oonagh; "for I can tell you that the infant who can manage that nutriment is no joke to look at, or to feed of a scarce summer." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Oonagh Oonagh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 infant infant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 nsubj _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 nutriment nutriment NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *in a quote* | would | Cucullin | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Cucullin *not said here* | a glimpse | | the lad in the cradle | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent glimpse=Theme at lad=Asset | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Cucullin | | Oonagh | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to oonagh=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | Cucullin | | Oonagh | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **manage** *in a quote* | can | the infant | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that nutriment | no joke | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the infant *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **feed** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Cucullin *not said here* | | | | summer | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/108/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)