--- title: “When you hear the great man of the Shi’ coming, take the wrappings… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “When you hear the great man of the Shi’ coming, take the wrappings off the head of the spear and bend your face over it; the heat of the spear, the stench of it, all its pernicious and acrid qualities will prevent you from going to sleep.” Who acts: you, great man, pernicious qualities, spear. 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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 (you, great man, pernicious qualities, spear), 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:pg2892:26:47 # text = “When you hear the great man of the Shi’ coming, take the wrappings off the head of the spear and bend your face over it; the heat of the spear, the stench of it, all its pernicious and acrid qualities will prevent you from going to sleep.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Shi Shi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wrappings wrapping NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 off off ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 bend bend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 stench stench NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 43 pernicious pernicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 acrid acrid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 46 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 from from SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 51 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** *in a quote* | present | you | the great man of the Shi | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | the great man of the Shi *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the wrappings | | | | off the head of the spear | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wrapping=Theme heat=Destination | | 4 | **bend** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | your face | | spear | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent face=Theme over it=Location | | 5 | **prevent** *in a quote* | future | spear's pernicious qualities | you | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer you=Theme | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | spear's pernicious qualities *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | spear's pernicious qualities *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **heat** *in a quote* | | the spear | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/26/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/26/48/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/26/)