--- title: And at that the robber ceased to be a robber, the murderer disappear… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And at that the robber ceased to be a robber, the murderer disappeared, the black-rimmed chasm packed with red fish and precipices changed to something else, and the round eyes that had been popping out of their sockets and trying to bite, changed also. Who acts: robber, murderer, precipices, round --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/19/22/) [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 VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/19/) / 22 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VI, sentence 22 And at that the robber ceased to be a robber, the murderer disappeared, the black-rimmed chasm packed with red fish and precipices changed to something else, and the round eyes that had been popping out of their sockets and trying to bite, changed also. **Who acts:** robber, murderer, precipices, round eyes · **What happens:** cease, be, disappear, rim, pack, change · **To what, where:** that, robber, rimmed chasm, sockets This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VI. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (robber, murderer, precipices, round eyes), 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:pg2892:19:22 # text = And at that the robber ceased to be a robber, the murderer disappeared, the black-rimmed chasm packed with red fish and precipices changed to something else, and the round eyes that had been popping out of their sockets and trying to bite, changed also. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 rimmed rim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 chasm chasm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 21 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 precipices precipice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 obl _ _ 30 else else ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux _ _ 39 popping pop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 40 out out ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 sockets socket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 parataxis _ _ 50 also also ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | past | the robber | | | that | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a robber and the rimmed chasm | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **disappear** | past | the murderer | a robber and the rimmed chasm *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rim** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **pack** | participle | | the rimmed chasm *not said here* | | | | with red fish | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **change** | past | precipices | | | | | to something *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to something=Result | | 7 | **pop out** | past · perfect · progressive | the round eyes | eyes's sockets | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Patient | | 8 | **try** | gerund | the round eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **bite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the round eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **change** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/19/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/19/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/19/)