--- title: The next night the master was going to a wedding; and says he to Jac… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The next night the master was going to a wedding; and says he to Jack, before he set out: "I'll leave at midnight, and I wish you, to come and be with me home, for fear I might be overtaken with the drink. Who acts: master, 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 (master, 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:pg7885:24:117 # text = The next night the master was going to a wedding; and says he to Jack, before he set out: "I'll leave at midnight, and I wish you, to come and be with me home, for fear I might be overtaken with the drink. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 before before SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 41 home home ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 parataxis _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 overtaken overtake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | the master | the next night *not said here* | | | | to a wedding | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location night=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | master | Jack | | night | | tree rules | | 3 | **set out** | past | master | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** *in a quote* | future | I | | | | midnight | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | I | | Jack | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | with me | tree rules | | 8 | **overtake** *in a quote* | might · passive | | I | | | | with the drink | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/118/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Master](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/)