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title: Into this teem and profusion of jolly humanity Fionn slipped, and if… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Into this teem and profusion of jolly humanity Fionn slipped, and if his mood had been as bellicose as a wounded boar he would yet have found no man to quarrel with, and if his eye had been as sharp as a jealous husband’s he would have found no eye to meet it with calculation or menace or fear; for 
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XI, sentence 13

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Into this teem and profusion of jolly humanity Fionn slipped, and if his mood had been as bellicose as a wounded boar he would yet have found no man to quarrel with, and if his eye had been as sharp as a jealous husband’s he would have found no eye to meet it with calculation or menace or fear; for the Peace of Ireland was in being, and for six weeks man was neighbour to man, and the nation was the guest of the High King.

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**Who acts:** Fionn, mood, eye, Peace, nation · **What happens:** slip, be, find, quarrel, meet · **To what, where:** teem, man, jealous husband, eye, neighbour, guest

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XI. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fionn, mood, eye, Peace), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2892:24:13
# text = Into this teem and profusion of jolly humanity Fionn slipped, and if his mood had been as bellicose as a wounded boar he would yet have found no man to quarrel with, and if his eye had been as sharp as a jealous husband’s he would have found no eye to meet it with calculation or menace or fear; for the Peace of Ireland was in being, and for six weeks man was neighbour to man, and the nation was the guest of the High King.
1	Into	into	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	teem	teem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	profusion	profusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	jolly	jolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	humanity	humanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	cop	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	bellicose	bellicose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
25	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
26	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
27	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux	_	_
28	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	acl:relcl	_	_
29	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	30	det	_	_
30	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	acl	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
36	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
39	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
40	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	cop	_	_
41	as	as	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	_
43	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	’s	's	PART	POS	_	46	case	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
49	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	aux	_	_
51	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	advcl	_	_
52	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	53	det	_	_
53	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	advcl	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	_
57	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	calculation	calculation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
59	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	menace	menace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	_
61	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
62	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	66	punct	_	_
64	for	for	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	Peace	Peace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	nsubj	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	_
69	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	79	cop	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
71	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	79	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	79	cc	_	_
74	for	for	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
75	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	76	nummod	_	_
76	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	77	compound	_	_
77	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nmod:poss	_	_
78	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	79	cop	_	_
79	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
80	to	to	ADP	TO	_	81	case	_	_
81	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	_
83	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	88	cc	_	_
84	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
85	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	88	nsubj	_	_
86	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	88	cop	_	_
87	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
88	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
89	of	of	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
90	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
91	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	92	amod	_	_
92	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	88	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | Fionn |  |  | this teem of jolly humanity and profusion |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Fionn's mood |  |  |  |  | as bellicose; as a wounded boar | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | would · perfect | Fionn | no man |  |  | yet |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic |
| 4 | **quarrel** | to-infinitive | Fionn *not said here* | no man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Fionn's eye |  |  |  |  | sharp *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **find** | would · perfect · passive |  | a jealous husband |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme eye=Attribute |
| 7 | **meet** | to-infinitive |  | eye |  |  |  | with calculation or menace or fear | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme with calculation=Instrument |
| 8 | **is** | past | the Peace of Ireland |  |  | weeks man's neighbour |  | to man | tree rules |
| 9 | **is a** | past | the nation | the guest |  |  |  | of the High King | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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