Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IX, sentence 15

“I know,” the cleric continued, “that Duv Laca will not agree with a word I say on this subject, and that she will try to prevent you from doing what you have a right to do, for that is a wife’s business, but a man’s business is to do what I have just told you; so come with me now and do not wait to think about it, and do not wait to play any more chess.

Who acts: Mongan, cleric, Duv Laca, you, that, business · What happens: know, continue, not agree, say, try, prevent · To what, where: word, subject, you, right, Mongan, more chess · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mongan, cleric, Duv Laca, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 continued	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
5	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cleric	det
7	cleric	cleric	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 continued	nsubj
8	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 agree	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	16 agree	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 agree	mark
12	Duv	Duv	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Laca	compound
13	Laca	Laca	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 agree	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 agree	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 agree	advmod
16	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 continued	ccomp
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 word	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 word	det
19	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 agree	obl
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 say	nsubj
21	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 word	acl:relcl
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 subject	case
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 subject	det
24	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 say	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 try	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 try	cc
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 try	mark
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 try	nsubj
29	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 try	aux
30	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 agree	conj
31	to	to	PART	_	32 prevent	mark
32	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 try	xcomp
33	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 prevent	obj
34	from	from	SCONJ	_	35 doing	mark
35	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 prevent	advcl
36	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	35 doing	obj
37	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 have	nsubj
38	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 what	acl:relcl
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 right	det
40	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 have	obj
41	to	to	PART	_	42 do	mark
42	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 right	acl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 business	punct
44	for	for	ADP	_	50 business	case
45	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	50 business	nsubj
46	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 business	cop
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 wife	det
48	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 business	nmod:poss
49	’s	's	PART	_	48 wife	case
50	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 prevent	parataxis
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 do	punct
52	but	but	CCONJ	_	59 do	cc
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 man	det
54	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 business	nmod:poss
55	’s	's	PART	_	54 man	case
56	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 do	nsubj
57	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 do	cop
58	to	to	PART	_	59 do	mark
59	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 business	parataxis
60	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	64 told	obj
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	64 told	nsubj:pass
62	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 told	aux
63	just	just	ADV	_	64 told	advmod
64	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 do	advcl
65	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	64 told	iobj
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 come	punct
67	so	so	ADV	_	68 come	advmod
68	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 continued	conj
69	with	with	ADP	_	70 me	case
70	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	68 come	obl
71	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	68 come	advmod
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 wait	cc
73	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	75 wait	aux
74	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	75 wait	advmod
75	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 come	conj
76	to	to	PART	_	77 think	mark
77	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 wait	advcl
78	about	about	ADP	_	79 it	case
79	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 think	obl
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 wait	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 wait	cc
82	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	84 wait	aux
83	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	84 wait	advmod
84	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 wait	conj
85	to	to	PART	_	86 play	mark
86	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	84 wait	xcomp
87	any	any	ADV	_	88 more	advmod
88	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	89 chess	amod
89	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 play	obj
90	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 continued	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	Mongan						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	continue	past	the cleric						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not agree speech: agree in a quote	future	Duv Laca					with a word	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with word=Co-Agent
4	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Mongan	a word not said here		this subject			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
5	try in a quote	future	cleric						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	prevent not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	cleric not said here	you					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer you=Theme
7	do in a quote	gerund	cleric not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
8	have in a quote	present	you	a right					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient
9	do in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	a right not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	is in a quote	present	that					for a wife's business	tree rules
11	is in a quote	present	a man's business					do property	tree rules
12	tell speech: assert in a quote	present · perfect · passive		Mongan	you				tree rules
13	come in a quote	infinitive	the cleric not said here				now	with Mongan	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	not wait in a quote	infinitive · do-support	the cleric not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	think speech: other in a quote	to-infinitive	the cleric not said here					about business	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
16	not wait in a quote	infinitive · do-support	the cleric not said here						tree rules
17	play in a quote	to-infinitive	the cleric not said here	more chess					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chess=Theme

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: «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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