--- title: The sound of the rivers of Ireland racing down to the sea came to me… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The sound of the rivers of Ireland racing down to the sea came to me in the last numb effort: the love of Ireland bore me up: the gods of the rivers trod to me in the white-curled breakers, so that I left the sea at long, long last; and I lay in sweet water in the curve of a crannied rock, exhausted --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/10/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/10/) / 17 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IX, sentence 17 The sound of the rivers of Ireland racing down to the sea came to me in the last numb effort: the love of Ireland bore me up: the gods of the rivers trod to me in the white-curled breakers, so that I left the sea at long, long last; and I lay in sweet water in the curve of a crannied rock, exhausted, three parts dead, triumphant.” **Who acts:** rivers, sound, love, gods, I · **What happens:** race down, come, bear up, tread, curl, leave · **To what, where:** sea, me, last numb effort, curled breakers, long last, three parts 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 (rivers, sound, love, gods), 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:pg2892:10:17 # text = The sound of the rivers of Ireland racing down to the sea came to me in the last numb effort: the love of Ireland bore me up: the gods of the rivers trod to me in the white-curled breakers, so that I left the sea at long, long last; and I lay in sweet water in the curve of a crannied rock, exhausted, three parts dead, triumphant.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 racing race VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 numb numb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 breakers breaker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 54 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 curve curve NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 crannied cranny VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 amod _ _ 69 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 nummod _ _ 74 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 75 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 triumphant triumphant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race down** | gerund | the rivers of Ireland *not said here* | | | the sea | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sea=Destination | | 2 | **come** | past | the sound of the rivers of Ireland | | me | the last numb effort | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **bear up** | past | the love of Ireland | me | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 4 | **tread** | past | the gods of the rivers | | me | the curled breakers | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to i=Destination | | 5 | **curl** | participle | | | | | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | past | I | the sea | | long last | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sea=Theme at last=Location | | 7 | **lay** | present | I | three parts | | sweet water | | in the curve of a crannied rock | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in water=Destination | | 8 | **cranny** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **exhaust** | participle | | the curve of a crannied rock *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **love** | | | Ireland | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/10/16/) - next →: [Chapter X, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/11/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/10/)