--- title: "I call and cross you to myself, in the name of God!" said he; and o… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I call and cross you to myself, in the name of God!" said he; and on the spot, before the word was out of his mouth, the horse fell down, and what was in it but the beam of a plough, of which they had made a horse; and every other horse they had, it was that way they made it. 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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 (Guleesh, word, horse, words), 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:pg7885:5:16 # text = "I call and cross you to myself, in the name of God!" said he; and on the spot, before the word was out of his mouth, the horse fell down, and what was in it but the beam of a plough, of which they had made a horse; and every other horse they had, it was that way they made it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 cross cross VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 before before SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 out out ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 60 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 62 det _ _ 61 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 69 det _ _ 69 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 70 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 acl:relcl _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Guleesh | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cross** *in a quote* | present | Guleesh *not said here* | you | Guleesh | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Patient to myself=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Guleesh | | | | | of God | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the word | | | Guleesh's mouth | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fall down** | past | the horse | | | the spot and Guleesh's mouth | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on spot=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | mouth | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | past · perfect | words *= word* | a horse | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset horse=Product | | 8 | **have** | past | words *= word* | every other horse *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 9 | **is a** | past | every other horse | that way | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **make** | past | words *= word* | mouth | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 11 | **beam** | | | a plough | | | | | nom beam «communication 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/17/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)