--- title: When he saw her he did not see the world, and when he saw the world… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw her he did not see the world, and when he saw the world without her it was as though he saw nothing, or as if he looked on a prospect that was bleak and depressing. Who acts: Saeve, world, prospect. 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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 (Saeve, world, prospect), 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:pg2892:34:59 # text = When he saw her he did not see the world, and when he saw the world without her it was as though he saw nothing, or as if he looked on a prospect that was bleak and depressing. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 without without ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:outer _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prospect prospect NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 bleak bleak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 depressing depress VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Saeve | Fionn | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | Saeve | the world | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past | Saeve | the world | | | | without Fionn | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | world | | | | | see *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Saeve | | | | | on a prospect | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on prospect=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | a prospect | | | | | bleak *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **depress** | gerund | a prospect *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/60/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/)