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Hudden and Dudden., sentence 24 \_Remarks\_.--It is indeed curious to find, as M. Cosquin points out, a cunning fellow tied in a sack getting out by crying, "I won't marry the princess," in countries so far apart as Ireland, Sicily (Gonzenbach, No. 71), Afghanistan (Thorburn, \_Bannu\_, p. 184), and Jamaica (\_Folk-Lore Record\_, iii. **Who acts:** Remarks, M., sack · **What happens:** be, find, point out, tie, get out, cry · **To what, where:** cunning fellow, sack, princess, countries · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VI. Hudden and Dudden.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Remarks, M., sack), 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:pg7885:40:24 # text = _Remarks_.--It is indeed curious to find, as M. Cosquin points out, a cunning fellow tied in a sack getting out by crying, "I won't marry the princess," in countries so far apart as Ireland, Sicily (Gonzenbach, No. 71), Afghanistan (Thorburn, _Bannu_, p. 184), and Jamaica (_Folk-Lore Record_, iii. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 .-- .-- PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 M. M. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 Cosquin Cosquin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 cunning cunning ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 by by SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 33 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 apart apart ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Sicily Sicily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ _ 48 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Gonzenbach Gonzenbach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 No. No. PROPN NNP Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 52 71 71 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 Afghanistan Afghanistan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 56 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Thorburn Thorburn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 Bannu Bannu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 61 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 p. P. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 64 184 184 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 63 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 68 Jamaica Jamaica PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nsubj _ _ 69 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 Folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 72 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 Lore Lore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 appos _ _ 74 Record Record PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 75 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 iii III NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Remarks | | | | | iii *obl*; curious, indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Remarks *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **point out** | present | M. | a cunning fellow | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tie** | participle | | a cunning fellow *not said here* | | a sack | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **get out** | gerund | a sack *not said here* | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a sack *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **marry** *in a quote* | future | a sack *= sack* | the princess | | countries | | apart *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/40/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/40/25/) - ↑ back to [VI. 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