--- title: "Why," said she, "that's Fin's bread--the only bread he ever eats wh… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Why," said she, "that's Fin's bread--the only bread he ever eats when at home; but, indeed, I forgot to tell you that nobody can eat it but himself, and that child in the cradle there. Who acts: fury, Oonagh, I, nobody. 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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 (fury, Oonagh, I, nobody), 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:pg7885:22:96 # text = "Why," said she, "that's Fin's bread--the only bread he ever eats when at home; but, indeed, I forgot to tell you that nobody can eat it but himself, and that child in the cradle there. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ 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 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 Fin Fin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 20 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 43 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | fury | Fin's bread and the only bread | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | Oonagh | the only bread *not said here* | | | ever | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 4 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **eat** *in a quote* | can | nobody | home | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/97/) - ↑ back to [A Legend of Knockmany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/)