--- title: Tuiren then walked from the house with the messenger, but when they… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tuiren then walked from the house with the messenger, but when they had gone a short distance Uct Dealv drew a hazel rod from beneath her cloak and struck it on the queen’s shoulder, and on the instant Tuiren’s figure trembled and quivered, and it began to whirl inwards and downwards, and she change --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/43/) [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 II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/) / 43 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 43 Tuiren then walked from the house with the messenger, but when they had gone a short distance Uct Dealv drew a hazel rod from beneath her cloak and struck it on the queen’s shoulder, and on the instant Tuiren’s figure trembled and quivered, and it began to whirl inwards and downwards, and she changed into the appearance of a hound. **Who acts:** Tuiren, Iollan, short distance, rod, instant Tuiren · **What happens:** walk, go, draw, strike, tremble, quiver · **To what, where:** house, hazel rod, cloak, rod, figure, appearance This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter II. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tuiren, Iollan, short distance, rod), 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:pg2892:29:43 # text = Tuiren then walked from the house with the messenger, but when they had gone a short distance Uct Dealv drew a hazel rod from beneath her cloak and struck it on the queen’s shoulder, and on the instant Tuiren’s figure trembled and quivered, and it began to whirl inwards and downwards, and she changed into the appearance of a hound. 1 Tuiren Tuiren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 Uct Uct PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 20 Dealv Dealv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ _ 21 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Tuiren Tuiren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 45 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 quivered quiver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 whirl whirl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 inwards inwards ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 downwards downwards ADV RB _ 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | Tuiren | | | the house | then | with the messenger | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from house=Trajectory | | 2 | **go** | past · perfect | Iollan | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **draw** | past | a short distance | a hazel rod | | distance's cloak | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent rod=Theme from cloak=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **strike** | past | a short distance *not said here* | rod | | | | on the queen's shoulder | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Instrument on shoulder=Patient | | 5 | **tremble** | past | Tuiren *not said here* | | | the instant Tuiren's figure | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on figure=Location | | 6 | **quiver** | past | Tuiren *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **begin** | past | rod | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **whirl** | to-infinitive | rod *not said here* | | | | | inwards *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **change** | past | Tuiren | | | | | into the appearance of a hound *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into appearance=Result | | 10 | **figure** | | the instant Tuiren | | | | | | nom figure «communication transitive»: poss=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/44/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/)