--- title: I began at the eye that was well, pretending to him that I would giv… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I began at the eye that was well, pretending to him that I would give its sight to the other one, till I left them as bad as each other; and surely it was easier to spoil the one that was well than to give sight to the other. Who acts: I, eye, caldron. 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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, eye, caldron), 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:pg7885:9:123 # text = I began at the eye that was well, pretending to him that I would give its sight to the other one, till I left them as bad as each other; and surely it was easier to spoil the one that was well than to give sight to the other. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 29 obl _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 surely surely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 expl _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 45 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 46 than than SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 49 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | I | | | the eye | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | the eye | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pretend** | gerund | I *not said here* | | leech | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | would | I | caldron's sight | the other one | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sight=Theme to one=Recipient | | 5 | **leave** | past | I | eyes *= eye* | | | | bad *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | easy, surely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **spoil** | to-infinitive | | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | | the one *not said here* | | | | to the other; give, well *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **sight** | | caldron | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/124/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)