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title: Now," says she, "my father is drowned, and he won't trouble us any m… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Now," says she, "my father is drowned, and he won't trouble us any more; but before we go further," says she, "go you to your father's house, and tell that you have the likes of me; but let neither man nor creature kiss you, for if you do, you will not remember that you have ever seen me." Who acts:
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, sentence 229

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Now," says she, "my father is drowned, and he won't trouble us any more; but before we go further," says she, "go you to your father's house, and tell that you have the likes of me; but let neither man nor creature kiss you, for if you do, you will not remember that you have ever seen me."

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**Who acts:** father, we, breath, you, man · **What happens:** say, drown, not trouble, go, tell, have · **To what, where:** breath, father, us, you, likes, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Battle of the Birds. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, we, breath, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7885:31:229
# text = Now," says she, "my father is drowned, and he won't trouble us any more; but before we go further," says she, "go you to your father's house, and tell that you have the likes of me; but let neither man nor creature kiss you, for if you do, you will not remember that you have ever seen me."
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
18	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
19	any	any	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
26	further	further	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	_	_
29	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
30	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	ccomp	_	_
34	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
36	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	's	's	PART	POS	_	37	case	_	_
39	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	parataxis	_	_
43	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
44	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	ccomp	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	likes	like	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
53	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	54	cc:preconj	_	_
54	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
55	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	56	cc	_	_
56	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	conj	_	_
57	kiss	kiss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	conj	_	_
58	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
60	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
61	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
62	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
63	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	68	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
65	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
66	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
67	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	68	advmod	_	_
68	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	conj	_	_
69	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	73	mark	_	_
70	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
71	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	73	aux	_	_
72	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	73	advmod	_	_
73	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	68	ccomp	_	_
74	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	52	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present |  | breath |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drown** | present · passive |  | my father |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **trouble** | future | father | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | present | we |  |  |  |  | further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **go** | infinitive | breath | you |  |  |  | to your father's house | tree rules |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **have** | present | you | the likes of me |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent like=Patient |
| 9 | **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **kiss** | present | man nor creature | you |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent |
| 11 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **not** **remember** | future | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 13 | **see** | present · perfect | you | me |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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