--- title: Well the poor fellow, between the pain that was only just gone, and… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well the poor fellow, between the pain that was only just gone, and the comfort he was in, had the comicalest face that you ever see, it was such a mixtherum-gatherum of laughing and crying. Who acts: poor fellow, comfort, you, pain. 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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 (poor fellow, comfort, you, pain), 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:pg7885:33:92 # text = Well the poor fellow, between the pain that was only just gone, and the comfort he was in, had the comicalest face that you ever see, it was such a mixtherum-gatherum of laughing and crying. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 in in ADV RB _ 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 comicalest comical ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 29 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 37 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 mixtherum mixtherum NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 gatherum gatherum NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the poor fellow and the pain | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | comfort | the comfort *not said here* | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | the comfort | the comicalest face | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 4 | **see** | present | you | the comicalest face | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | past | pain | such mixtherum gatherum | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **laugh** | gerund | such mixtherum gatherum *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | such mixtherum gatherum *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/93/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)