--- title: Or they stood dreaming together, locked in a clasping of arms and ey… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Or they stood dreaming together, locked in a clasping of arms and eyes, gazing up and down on each other, Iollan staring down into sweet grey wells that peeped and flickered under thin brows, and Uct Dealv looking up into great black ones that went dreamy and went hot in endless alternation. 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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 (Iollan, sweet grey wells, Uct, great black ones), 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:pg2892:29:13 # text = Or they stood dreaming together, locked in a clasping of arms and eyes, gazing up and down on each other, Iollan staring down into sweet grey wells that peeped and flickered under thin brows, and Uct Dealv looking up into great black ones that went dreamy and went hot in endless alternation. 1 Or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 dreaming dream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 clasping clasping NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 gazing gaze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 17 up up ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 17 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 16 obl _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 Iollan Iollan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 26 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wells well NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 flickered flicker VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 under under ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 brows brow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 Uct Uct PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 Dealv Dealv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ _ 42 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 dreamy dreamy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 53 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 endless endless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 alternation alternation NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Iollan | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **dream** | gerund | Iollan *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lock** | participle | | | | a clasping of arms and eyes | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **gaze** | gerund | Iollan *not said here* | | | | | on each | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on each=Theme | | 5 | **stare down** | gerund | Iollan | | | | | into sweet grey wells; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into well=Theme | | 6 | **peep** | past | sweet grey wells | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **flicker** | past | sweet grey wells *not said here* | | | thin brows | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under brow=Location | | 8 | **look up** | gerund | Uct | | | | | into great black ones | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into one=Theme | | 9 | **go** | past | great black ones | | | | | dreamy *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **go** | past | great black ones *not said here* | | | endless alternation | | hot *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in alternation=Location | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/14/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/)