--- title: "I have no prayers," says the giant; "but if you spare my life I'll… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I have no prayers," says the giant; "but if you spare my life I'll give you that club; and as long as you keep from sin, you'll win every battle you ever fight with it." Who acts: I, you. 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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, you), 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:pg7885:33:8 # text = "I have no prayers," says the giant; "but if you spare my life I'll give you that club; and as long as you keep from sin, you'll win every battle you ever fight with it." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 spare spare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 38 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 42 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I | no prayers | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the giant | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **spare** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | my life | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | future | I | | that club | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient club=Theme | | 5 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | you | | | sin | | | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from sin=Eventuality | | 6 | **win** *in a quote* | future | you | every battle | | | | long *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality | | 7 | **fight** *in a quote* | present | you | every battle *not said here* | | | ever | with prayer | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/9/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)