--- title: As the day packed its load of strength into his frame, so it added i… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As the day packed its load of strength into his frame, so it added its store of knowledge to his mind, and each night sealed the twain, for it is in the night that we make secure what we have gathered in the day. Who acts: interest, night, we, Life. 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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 (interest, night, we, Life), 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:pg2892:23:2 # text = As the day packed its load of strength into his frame, so it added its store of knowledge to his mind, and each night sealed the twain, for it is in the night that we make secure what we have gathered in the day. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 packed pack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sealed seal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 secure secure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pack** | past | | interest's load of strength | | Life's frame | day | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent load=Theme into frame=Destination | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | interest | interest's store of knowledge | | | | to Life's mind | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent store=Patient to mind=Co-Patient | | 3 | **seal** | past | each night | the twain | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twain=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | interest | | | | for the night | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | present | we | the night | | | | secure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product | | 6 | **gather** | present · perfect · passive | | | | | day | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **mind** | | Life | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/23/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/23/3/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/23/)