--- title: "Well, my bully, don't be cast down," said Oonagh; "depend on me, an… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Well, my bully, don't be cast down," said Oonagh; "depend on me, and maybe I'll bring you better out of this scrape than ever you could bring yourself, by your rule o' thumb." Who acts: Oonagh, you, thumb. 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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 (Oonagh, you, thumb), 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:pg7885:22:37 # text = "Well, my bully, don't be cast down," said Oonagh; "depend on me, and maybe I'll bring you better out of this scrape than ever you could bring yourself, by your rule o' thumb." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 bully bully NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Oonagh Oonagh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 depend depend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 xcomp _ _ 29 out out ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 scrape scrape NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 than than SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 37 advmod _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 38 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ _ 43 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' 's PART POS _ 45 punct _ _ 45 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cast down** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive · do-support | | my bully | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Oonagh | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **depend** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | on Oonagh | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on i=Theme | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | Oonagh | | you | | | good, maybe *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | could | you | yourself | | | ever | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme | | 6 | **rule** *in a quote* | | thumb | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/38/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)