--- title: And when Ivan was going to leave, "Here," said his master, "here is… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when Ivan was going to leave, "Here," said his master, "here is a cake for thee to take home to thy wife, and, when ye are most joyous together, then break the cake, and not sooner." Who acts: Ivan, master, cake, thee. 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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 (Ivan, master, cake, thee), 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:pg7885:26:17 # text = And when Ivan was going to leave, "Here," said his master, "here is a cake for thee to take home to thy wife, and, when ye are most joyous together, then break the cake, and not sooner." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 ccomp _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 26 home home ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 37 advmod _ _ 37 joyous joyous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ _ 38 together together ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | Ivan | | | here | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Ivan *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ivan's master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a cake | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | thee | | | | | to thy wife *result*; home *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to wife=Result | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ye | | | | | joyous, together *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **break** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the cake | | | then | soon *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/26/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/26/18/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of Ivan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/26/)