--- title: "Guleesh, Guleesh, isn't it the nice boy you are that you can't wait… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Guleesh, Guleesh, isn't it the nice boy you are that you can't wait till ten o'clock or till twelve, but that you must be coming to me at this hour, looking for marriage, you and your sweetheart? Who acts: Guleesh, you. 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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, 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:pg7885:5:54 # text = "Guleesh, Guleesh, isn't it the nice boy you are that you can't wait till ten o'clock or till twelve, but that you must be coming to me at this hour, looking for marriage, you and your sweetheart? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 17 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 19 till till ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 till till ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 31 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 sweetheart sweetheart NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Guleesh and Guleesh | the nice boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **wait** *in a quote* | can | you | | | | till ten o'clock | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | must · progressive | you | | Guleesh | | hour | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | for marriage | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for marriage=Theme | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/55/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)