--- title: "I'm not telling a word of lie, nor making a joke of you," said Gule… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I'm not telling a word of lie, nor making a joke of you," said Guleesh; "but it was from the palace of the king of France I carried off this lady, and she is the daughter of the king of France." Who acts: Guleesh, joke, lady, 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, joke, lady, 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:pg7885:5:61 # text = "I'm not telling a word of lie, nor making a joke of you," said Guleesh; "but it was from the palace of the king of France I carried off this lady, and she is the daughter of the king of France." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 12 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | Guleesh | a word of lie | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Recipient | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | Guleesh *not said here* | a joke of you | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Guleesh | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | joke | | | the palace | | of the king of France | tree rules | | 5 | **carry off** *in a quote* | past | Guleesh | this lady | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | lady | the daughter | | | | of the king of France | tree rules | | 7 | **word** *in a quote* | | | lie | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **joke** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | nom joke «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/62/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)