--- title: "I thought so," she replied; "I judged as much; and if you take my a… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I thought so," she replied; "I judged as much; and if you take my advice, you poor-looking creature, you'll pray night and day that you may never see him, for I tell you it will be a black day for you when you do. Who acts: M'Coul, you, creature. 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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 (M'Coul, you, creature), 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:pg7885:22:78 # text = "I thought so," she replied; "I judged as much; and if you take my advice, you poor-looking creature, you'll pray night and day that you may never see him, for I tell you it will be a black day for you when you do. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 judged judge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 27 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 ccomp _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nmod _ _ 54 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | M'Coul | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | M'Coul | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **judge** *in a quote* | past | M'Coul | much | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent much=Value | | 4 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | my advice | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | you | creature | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme creature=Attribute | | 6 | **pray** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | night | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | may | you | night and day | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | M'Coul | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | creature | a black day | | | | for you | tree rules | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/79/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)