--- title: “I saw the monsters of the uttermost ocean go heaving by; and the lo… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I saw the monsters of the uttermost ocean go heaving by; and the long lithe brutes that are toothed to their tails: and below, where gloom dipped down on gloom, vast, livid tangles that coiled and uncoiled, and lapsed down steeps and hells of the sea where even the salmon could not go. 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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, monsters, gloom, vast livid tangles), 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:pg2892:10:4 # text = “I saw the monsters of the uttermost ocean go heaving by; and the long lithe brutes that are toothed to their tails: and below, where gloom dipped down on gloom, vast, livid tangles that coiled and uncoiled, and lapsed down steeps and hells of the sea where even the salmon could not go. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 uttermost uttermost NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 heaving heave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 xcomp _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 lithe lithe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 brutes brute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 toothed tooth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 below below ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 30 gloom gloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 dipped dip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 32 down down ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 gloom gloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 livid livid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 tangles tangle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 appos _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 coiled coil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 uncoiled uncoil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 lapsed lapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 47 down down ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 steeps steep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 hells hell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 60 advmod _ _ 55 even even ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 58 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present | the monsters of the uttermost ocean | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **heave** *in a quote* | gerund | the monsters of the uttermost ocean *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tooth** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the long lithe brutes | | | | to monsters's tails | tree rules | | 5 | **dip down** *in a quote* | past | gloom | | | gloom | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent on gloom=Trajectory | | 6 | **coil** *in a quote* | past | vast livid tangles | | | | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **uncoil** *in a quote* | past | vast livid tangles *not said here* | | | | | | vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **lapse down** *in a quote* | participle | I *not said here* | steeps and hells of the sea | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | could | the salmon | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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. - ← previous: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/10/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/10/5/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/10/)