--- title: "An' ain't I strivin' to hold this divel of a plough, as you told me… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "An' ain't I strivin' to hold this divel of a plough, as you told me; but that ounkrawn of a boy keeps whipping on the bastes in spite of all I say; will you speak to him?" Who acts: ai, strivin, you, ounkrawn. 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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 (ai, strivin, you, ounkrawn), 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:pg7885:24:56 # text = "An' ain't I strivin' to hold this divel of a plough, as you told me; but that ounkrawn of a boy keeps whipping on the bastes in spite of all I say; will you speak to him?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 strivin strivin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 divel divel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 ounkrawn ounkrawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 whipping whip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 xcomp _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bastes baste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **strivin** *in a quote* | | a ai | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | strivin | this divel of a plough | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent divel=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | | the master *= master* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | that ounkrawn of a boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **whip** *in a quote* | gerund | that ounkrawn of a boy *not said here* | | | the bastes | | in spite of all | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on baste=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the master *= master* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | you | | ounkrawn | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/57/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Master](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/)