--- title: "I'll now go in," said he, "to my cradle; for I scorn to lose my tim… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I'll now go in," said he, "to my cradle; for I scorn to lose my time with any one that's not able to eat my daddy's bread, or squeeze water out of a stone. Who acts: son, 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 (son, 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:pg7885:22:117 # text = "I'll now go in," said he, "to my cradle; for I scorn to lose my time with any one that's not able to eat my daddy's bread, or squeeze water out of a stone. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 scorn scorn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 daddy daddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 squeeze squeeze VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 40 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 out out ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go in** *in a quote* | future | son | | | | now | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **scorn** *in a quote* | present | son | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lose** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | time | with any one | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | any one | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | my daddy's bread | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 7 | **squeeze** *in a quote* | present | son *not said here* | water | | a stone | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme out stone=Trajectory | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/118/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)