--- title: “This is good news,” Fionn cried joyfully, “for the moment you came… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “This is good news,” Fionn cried joyfully, “for the moment you came through the door I loved and desired you, and the thought that you wished for another man went into my heart like a sword.” Who acts: This, good news, you, thought. 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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 (This, good news, you, thought), 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:pg2892:34:55 # text = “This is good news,” Fionn cried joyfully, “for the moment you came through the door I loved and desired you, and the thought that you wished for another man went into my heart like a sword.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 joyfully joyfully ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | good news | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | good news | | | | | joyfully *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | past | you | | | the door | moment | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **love** *in a quote* | past | good news *= news* | the door *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer door=Stimulus | | 5 | **desire** *in a quote* | past | good news *= news* *not said here* | you | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 6 | **wish** *in a quote* | past | you | the thought | | | | for another man | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | past | the thought | | | my heart | | like a sword | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into heart=Initial\_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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/56/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/)