--- title: She came secretly, for she feared the sons of Morna, and she had pac… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She came secretly, for she feared the sons of Morna, and she had paced through lonely places in many counties before she reached the hut in the wood, and the cot where he lay with his fists shut and sleep gripped in them. Who acts: Muirne, cot. 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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 (Muirne, cot), 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:pg2892:15:21 # text = She came secretly, for she feared the sons of Morna, and she had paced through lonely places in many counties before she reached the hut in the wood, and the cot where he lay with his fists shut and sleep gripped in them. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Morna Morna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 paced pace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 counties county NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 23 before before SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cot cot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 gripped grip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Muirne | | | | | secretly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fear** | past | Muirne | the sons of Morna | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | | 3 | **pace** | past · perfect · passive | | Muirne | | lonely places | | in many counties | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **reach** | past | Muirne | the hut | | the wood | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hut=Theme | | 5 | **lie** | past | the cot | | | | | with cot's fists; shut *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sleep** | present | the cot *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **grip** | participle | the cot *not said here* | | | | | in fists *= fist* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/15/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/15/22/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/15/)