--- title: "No," said the other, "he has the name of being the strongest and br… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "No," said the other, "he has the name of being the strongest and bravest man in Ireland; but for all that, there's a man not far from you that's very desirous of taking a shake with him. Who acts: husband, man. 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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 (husband, man), 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:pg7885:22:69 # text = "No," said the other, "he has the name of being the strongest and bravest man in Ireland; but for all that, there's a man not far from you that's very desirous of taking a shake with him. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 conj _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 ccomp _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 desirous desirous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 acl _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 shake shake NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the other | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent other=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | husband | the name | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | Ireland | | of the strongest man | tree rules | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a man | | | there | | for all | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a man | a man *not said here* | | | | desirous, far *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | a man *not said here* | a shake | | | | with husband | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shake=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/70/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)