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title: All we have to say is, that if he wanted a spot from which to keep a… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: All we have to say is, that if he wanted a spot from which to keep a sharp look-out--and, between ourselves, he did want it grievously--barring Slieve Croob, or Slieve Donard, or its own cousin, Cullamore, he could not find a neater or more convenient situation for it in the sweet and sagacious prov
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 19

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All we have to say is, that if he wanted a spot from which to keep a sharp look-out--and, between ourselves, he did want it grievously--barring Slieve Croob, or Slieve Donard, or its own cousin, Cullamore, he could not find a neater or more convenient situation for it in the sweet and sagacious province of Ulster.

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**Who acts:** we, All, mane, ourselves, spot · **What happens:** have, say, be, want, keep, bar · **To what, where:** spot, sharp look out, Slieve, neater situation, sweet province · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, A Legend of Knockmany. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, All, mane, ourselves), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:22:19
# text = All we have to say is, that if he wanted a spot from which to keep a sharp look-out--and, between ourselves, he did want it grievously--barring Slieve Croob, or Slieve Donard, or its own cousin, Cullamore, he could not find a neater or more convenient situation for it in the sweet and sagacious province of Ulster.
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
19	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
20	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	between	between	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	31	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	grievously	grievously	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	barring	bar	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	xcomp	_	_
36	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
37	Croob	Croob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	Donard	Donard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
45	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	Cullamore	Cullamore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
51	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
52	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	53	advmod	_	_
53	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
55	neater	neat	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	59	amod	_	_
56	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	58	advmod	_	_
58	convenient	convenient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	conj	_	_
59	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
60	for	for	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nmod	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
64	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	sagacious	sagacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	conj	_	_
67	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **be** | present | All |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | mane | a spot |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme which=Attribute |
| 5 | **keep** | to-infinitive | mane *not said here* | a sharp look out |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent out=Theme |
| 6 | **want** | past · do-support | ourselves | spot |  |  |  | grievously *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **bar** *not said to happen* | gerund | spot *not said here* | Slieve or Slieve Donard and Cullamore |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer slieve=Theme |
| 8 | **not** **find** | could | mane | a neater situation |  | the sweet province of Ulster |  | for spot | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent situation=Theme for it=Beneficiary |

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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.

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**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.

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