--- title: "Oh, Conall," said she, "why didst not thou let the king do his own… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh, Conall," said she, "why didst not thou let the king do his own pleasure to thy sons, rather than be going now, while I know not if ever I shall see thee more?" Who acts: wife, thou. 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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 (wife, thou), 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:pg7885:9:12 # text = "Oh, Conall," said she, "why didst not thou let the king do his own pleasure to thy sons, rather than be going now, while I know not if ever I shall see thee more?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 nsubj _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 let let VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 29 cc _ _ 27 than than ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 while while SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obj _ _ 42 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou | the king | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 4 | **pleasure** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | | | | | to thy sons | tree rules | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive · progressive | | | | | now | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | wife | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | shall | wife | thee | | | ever | | tree rules | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/13/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)