--- title: "I know that," says Cucullin; "divil a thing else he'd make of me; b… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I know that," says Cucullin; "divil a thing else he'd make of me; but before I go, will you let me feel what kind of teeth Fin's lad has got that can eat griddle-bread like that?" Who acts: Cucullin, you, that. 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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, you, that), 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:pg7885:22:123 # text = "I know that," says Cucullin; "divil a thing else he'd make of me; but before I go, will you let me feel what kind of teeth Fin's lad has got that can eat griddle-bread like that?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Cucullin Cucullin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 divil divil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 else else ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 before before SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 32 det _ _ 32 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 ccomp _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 parataxis _ _ 43 griddle griddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 like like ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Cucullin | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Cucullin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | would | Cucullin | a thing *not said here* | | | | of Cucullin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Product | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Cucullin | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | future | you | Cucullin | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **feel** *in a quote* | infinitive | Cucullin *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | what kind of teeth Fin's lad | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | can | that | griddle bread | | | | like that | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/124/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)