--- title: He began thinking with himself what he ought to do, and he did not l… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He began thinking with himself what he ought to do, and he did not like to bring her home with himself to his father's house, for he knew well that they would not believe him, that he had been in France and brought back with him the king of France's daughter, and he was afraid they might make a mock --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/) / 45 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 45 He began thinking with himself what he ought to do, and he did not like to bring her home with himself to his father's house, for he knew well that they would not believe him, that he had been in France and brought back with him the king of France's daughter, and he was afraid they might make a mock of the young lady or insult her. **Who acts:** devil, eyes · **What happens:** begin, think, do, not like, bring, know · **To what, where:** home, house, devil, France, king, mock · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (devil, eyes), 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:pg7885:5:45 # text = He began thinking with himself what he ought to do, and he did not like to bring her home with himself to his father's house, for he knew well that they would not believe him, that he had been in France and brought back with him the king of France's daughter, and he was afraid they might make a mock of the young lady or insult her. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 48 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 's 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 62 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 ccomp _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 mock mock NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 71 or or CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 insult insult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 73 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | devil | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | devil *not said here* | | | | | with devil | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | ought | devil | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | devil | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | devil *not said here* | girl's home | | devil's father's house | | with devil | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to house=Destination | | 6 | **know** | past | devil | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **believe** | would | eyes *= eye* | devil | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** | past · perfect | devil | | | France | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bring back** | past | devil *not said here* | | the king of France's daughter | | | with devil | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument king=Destination | | 10 | **is** | past | devil | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **make** | might | eyes *= eye* | a mock of the young lady | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mock=Product | | 12 | **insult** | infinitive | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | girl | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 13 | **mock** | | | the young lady | | | | | nom mock «act 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/46/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)