--- title: "Father," said Guleesh, "you can marry me, or anybody else, if you w… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Father," said Guleesh, "you can marry me, or anybody else, if you wish; but it's not looking for marriage I came to you now, but to ask you, if you please, to give a lodging in your house to this young lady." Who acts: Father, you, sun. 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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 (Father, you, sun), 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:pg7885:5:58 # text = "Father," said Guleesh, "you can marry me, or anybody else, if you wish; but it's not looking for marriage I came to you now, but to ask you, if you please, to give a lodging in your house to this young lady." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 conj _ _ 16 else else ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 please please INTJ UH _ 45 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 53 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** *in a quote* | can | you | Father | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **not** **look** *in a quote* | present · progressive | sun | | | | now | for marriage | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for marriage=Theme | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Father | marriage *not said here* | you | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location marriage=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you | a lodging | this young lady | your house | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lodging=Theme to lady=Recipient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/59/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)