--- title: With what eagerness and anticipation he had gone there; the lover’s… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: With what eagerness and anticipation he had gone there; the lover’s whistle that he used to give was known to every person in that Shi’, and he had been discussed by more than one of the delicate sweet ladies of Faery. Who acts: eagerness, future, lover. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James St --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/8/) [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/) / 8 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 8 With what eagerness and anticipation he had gone there; the lover’s whistle that he used to give was known to every person in that Shi’, and he had been discussed by more than one of the delicate sweet ladies of Faery. **Who acts:** eagerness, future, lover · **What happens:** go, use, give, know, discuss, whistle · **To what, where:** whistle, future 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 (eagerness, future, lover), 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:pg2892:29:8 # text = With what eagerness and anticipation he had gone there; the lover’s whistle that he used to give was known to every person in that Shi’, and he had been discussed by more than one of the delicate sweet ladies of Faery. 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 eagerness eagerness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 anticipation anticipation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 Shi Shi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 discussed discuss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 38 advmod _ _ 37 than than ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Faery faery NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | eagerness and anticipation | | | there | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **use** | past | future | the lover's whistle | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent that=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | future *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **know** | past · passive | | the lover's whistle | | | | to every person in that Shi | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **discuss** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | future | | | | by one of the delicate sweet ladies of Faery | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **whistle** | | the lover | | | | | | nom whistle «event intransitive»: 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/9/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/29/)