--- title: "I don't think anything could bring them in it; but I looked first i… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I don't think anything could bring them in it; but I looked first into the likely places, that is, the cow-houses, and the pastures, and the fields next 'em, and now I'm looking in the unlikeliest place I can think of. Who acts: I, anything, that. 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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 (I, anything, that), 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:pg7885:24:90 # text = "I don't think anything could bring them in it; but I looked first into the likely places, that is, the cow-houses, and the pastures, and the fields next 'em, and now I'm looking in the unlikeliest place I can think of. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 16 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 advmod _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 37 next next ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 'em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 unlikeliest unlikely ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 48 amod _ _ 48 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | the fields | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **bring** *in a quote* | could | anything | heifers *= heifer* | | thing | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | into the likely places; first *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into place=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the cow houses and the pastures | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | now | in the unlikeliest place | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in place=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | can | I | the unlikeliest place *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=Theme | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/91/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Master](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/)