--- title: Fin, even although he and you are enemies, would scorn not to treat… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Fin, even although he and you are enemies, would scorn not to treat you kindly in his own house; and, indeed, if I didn't do it even in his absence, he would not be pleased with me." Who acts: Cucullin, Fin, I. 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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 (Cucullin, Fin, I), 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:pg7885:22:88 # text = Fin, even although he and you are enemies, would scorn not to treat you kindly in his own house; and, indeed, if I didn't do it even in his absence, he would not be pleased with me." 1 Fin fin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 4 although although SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 conj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 scorn scorn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Cucullin | enemies | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **scorn** | would | Fin and enemies | | | | | indeed *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **treat** | to-infinitive | Fin and enemies *not said here* | | you | Cucullin's own house | | kindly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | I | house | | Cucullin's absence | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **is** | would | Cucullin | | | | | with me; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **absent** | | Cucullin | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/89/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)