--- title: Perhaps I might see or hear something that would be useful to me, an… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Perhaps I might see or hear something that would be useful to me, and might bring back her talk again to Mary"--that was the name himself and the priest called the king's daughter, for neither of them knew her right name. Who acts: I, that, priest, neither. 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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 (I, that, priest, neither), 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:pg7885:5:79 # text = Perhaps I might see or hear something that would be useful to me, and might bring back her talk again to Mary"--that was the name himself and the priest called the king's daughter, for neither of them knew her right name. 1 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Mary Mary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 29 appos _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 44 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | might | I | | | | | perhaps *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **hear** | infinitive | I *not said here* | something | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | would | | | me | | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bring back** | might | I *not said here* | sheehogue's talk | Mary | | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent talk=Theme to mary=Destination | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that | the name | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **call** *in a quote* | participle | the priest *not said here* | the king's daughter | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | past | neither | sheehogue's right name | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 8 | **talk** | | sheehogue | | | | | | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **name** *in a quote* | | sheehogue | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/80/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)