--- title: "Do you see all them merry fellows and skilful swordsmen," says the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Do you see all them merry fellows and skilful swordsmen," says the other, "that could eat you up with a grain of salt, and not a mother's soul of 'em ever got a laugh from her these seven years?" Who acts: you, all, that, soul. 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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 (you, all, that, soul), 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:pg7885:33:32 # text = "Do you see all them merry fellows and skilful swordsmen," says the other, "that could eat you up with a grain of salt, and not a mother's soul of 'em ever got a laugh from her these seven years?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nsubj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 7 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 swordsmen swordsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 'em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 advmod _ _ 39 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 44 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fellow** *in a quote* | | all | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | | the other | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **eat up** *in a quote* | could | that | you | | | | with a grain of salt | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | past | a mother's soul of 'em | a laugh | | | ever; year | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer laugh=Stimulus | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/33/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)