--- title: Tom made no bones about letting him off; and as soon as he got the c… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tom made no bones about letting him off; and as soon as he got the club in his hands, he sat down on the bresna, and gave it a tap with the kippeen, and says, "Faggot, I had great trouble gathering you, and run the risk of my life for you, the least you can do is to carry me home." 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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 (Tom, I, great trouble, 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:pg7885:33:9 # text = Tom made no bones about letting him off; and as soon as he got the club in his hands, he sat down on the bresna, and gave it a tap with the kippeen, and says, "Faggot, I had great trouble gathering you, and run the risk of my life for you, the least you can do is to carry me home." 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 about about SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 down down ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bresna bresna NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 kippeen kippeen NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Faggot faggot NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 gathering gather VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 68 obl _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 acl:relcl _ _ 66 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 69 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ _ 70 home home ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Tom | no bones | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Product | | 2 | **let off** | gerund | Tom *not said here* | Tom | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | Tom | the club | | Tom's hands | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer club=Stimulus | | 4 | **sit down** | past | Tom | | | the bresna | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bresna=Location | | 5 | **give** | past | Tom *not said here* | club | | | | with the kippeen | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient tap=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | Faggot | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent faggot=Topic | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | I | great trouble | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient | | 8 | **gather** *in a quote* | gerund | great trouble *not said here* | you | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 9 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the risk of my life | | | | for you | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent risk=Product for you=Beneficiary | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | the least *obl*; carry, home *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **risk** *in a quote* | | | my life | | | | | nom risk «state transitive»: of=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/10/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)