--- title: It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing. Who acts: It, seeing, dish. 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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 (It, seeing, dish), 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:pg2892:25:35 # text = It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 yet yet ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 forward forward ADV RB _ 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 csubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 csubj _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 believing believe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 conj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **happen** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **know** | infinitive | | | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | forward *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **believe** | present · progressive | seeing | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **follow** | present · do-support | dish | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **believe** | gerund | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **know** | present · progressive | seeing | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/36/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/)