--- title: I admit fairly that I'm not a match for him," said he, "strong as I… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I admit fairly that I'm not a match for him," said he, "strong as I am; tell him I will avoid him as I would the plague, and that I will make myself scarce in this part of the country while I live." Who acts: I, Cucullin. 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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 (I, Cucullin), 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:pg7885:22:120 # text = I admit fairly that I'm not a match for him," said he, "strong as I am; tell him I will avoid him as I would the plague, and that I will make myself scarce in this part of the country while I live." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 admit admit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 3 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 ccomp _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 40 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 while while SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | fairly *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | I | a match | | | | for Cucullin | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Cucullin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | as I; strong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | Cucullin | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **avoid** | future | I | Cucullin | | | | as the plague | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location | | 7 | **make** | future | I | myself | | this part of the country | | scarce *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Product | | 8 | **live** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/121/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)