--- title: The Chain of Silence was shaken by the attendant whose duty and hono… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Chain of Silence was shaken by the attendant whose duty and honour was the Silver Chain, and at that delicate chime the halt went silent, and a general wonder ensued as to what matter the High King would submit to his people. Who acts: attendant, duty, halt, general wonder. A sentence of «Irish --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/7/) [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 XII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/) / 7 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XII, sentence 7 The Chain of Silence was shaken by the attendant whose duty and honour was the Silver Chain, and at that delicate chime the halt went silent, and a general wonder ensued as to what matter the High King would submit to his people. **Who acts:** attendant, duty, halt, general wonder, High King · **What happens:** shake, be, go, ensue, matter, submit · **To what, where:** Chain, Silver Chain, delicate chime This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (attendant, duty, halt, general wonder), 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:pg2892:25:7 # text = The Chain of Silence was shaken by the attendant whose duty and honour was the Silver Chain, and at that delicate chime the halt went silent, and a general wonder ensued as to what matter the High King would submit to his people. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Chain Chain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Silence Silence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 shaken shake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 attendant attendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Silver Silver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Chain Chain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 chime chime NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 halt halt NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ensued ensue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 36 case _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 37 matter matter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 submit submit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past · passive | the attendant and the Silver Chain | the Chain of Silence | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | the Silver Chain's duty and honour | the Silver Chain | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | the halt | | | that delicate chime | | silent *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at chime=Location | | 4 | **ensue** | participle | a general wonder | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **matter** | present | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **submit** | would | the High King | | | | | to King's people | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to people=Pivot | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/8/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/25/)