--- title: But, in the meantime, you perceive that the wind's on the door, and… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, in the meantime, you perceive that the wind's on the door, and as Fin himself is from home, maybe you'd be civil enough to turn the house, for it's always what Fin does when he's here." Who acts: you, house, Fin, husband. 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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 (you, house, Fin, husband), 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:pg7885:22:79 # text = But, in the meantime, you perceive that the wind's on the door, and as Fin himself is from home, maybe you'd be civil enough to turn the house, for it's always what Fin does when he's here." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 perceive perceive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 nmod _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 civil civil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 30 enough enough ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 conj _ _ 41 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | present | you | | | the meantime | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | home | | as Fin husband | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | would | you | | | | | civil, enough, maybe *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **turn** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the house | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | house | | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | present | Fin | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | husband | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/80/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)