--- title: "This is what I am thinking," said Conall, "since you are working ev… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "This is what I am thinking," said Conall, "since you are working every day for the king, you and your gillies could put myself and my sons into five sacks of bran." Who acts: This, Conall, 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 (This, Conall, 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:pg7885:9:20 # text = "This is what I am thinking," said Conall, "since you are working every day for the king, you and your gillies could put myself and my sons into five sacks of bran." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj:outer _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 since since SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 gillies gillie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 30 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 sacks sack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 bran bran NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · progressive | Conall | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Conall | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **work** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | day | for the king | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for king=Beneficiary | | 5 | **put** *in a quote* | could | you | Conall | | five sacks of bran | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent myself=Goal | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/21/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)