--- title: “The light blinded me, the heat tormented me, the dry air made me sh… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “The light blinded me, the heat tormented me, the dry air made me shrivel and gasp; and, as he lay on the grass, the great salmon whirled his desperate nose once more to the river, and leaped, leaped, leaped, even under the mountain of air. Who acts: light, heat, dry air, man. 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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 (light, heat, dry air, man), 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:pg2892:12:14 # text = “The light blinded me, the heat tormented me, the dry air made me shrivel and gasp; and, as he lay on the grass, the great salmon whirled his desperate nose once more to the river, and leaped, leaped, leaped, even under the mountain of air. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 blinded blind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tormented torment VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 shrivel shrivel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 gasp gasp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 whirled whirl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 38 advmod _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 even even ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 under under ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blind** *in a quote* | past | the light | man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **torment** *in a quote* | past | the heat | man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | past | the dry air | man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **shrivel** *in a quote* | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **gasp** *in a quote* | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lie** *in a quote* | past | heat | | | the grass | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location | | 7 | **whirl** *in a quote* | past | the great salmon | salmon's desperate nose | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 8 | **leap** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **leap** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **leap** *in a quote* | participle | | | | the mountain of air | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under mountain=Trajectory | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/12/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/12/15/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/12/)