--- title: "Why," said Fin, "ever since I was the height of a round tower, I wa… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Why," said Fin, "ever since I was the height of a round tower, I was known to be fond of having a good prospect of my own; and where the dickens, neighbours, could I find a better spot for a good prospect than the top of Knockmany? Who acts: Fin, dickens. 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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 (Fin, dickens), 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:pg7885:22:16 # text = "Why," said Fin, "ever since I was the height of a round tower, I was known to be fond of having a good prospect of my own; and where the dickens, neighbours, could I find a better spot for a good prospect than the top of Knockmany? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 10 since since ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 prospect prospect NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dickens dickens NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 47 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 prospect prospect NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 52 than than ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Knockmany Knockmany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Fin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Fin | | | | since the height; ever | of a round tower | tree rules | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Fin | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | fond *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | | a good prospect of my own | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prospect=Patient | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | could | the dickens and neighbours | a better spot | | | | for a good prospect than the top of Knockmany | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent spot=Theme for prospect=Beneficiary | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/17/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)