--- title: When I look in her eyes I am tormented because I am not looking at h… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When I look in her eyes I am tormented because I am not looking at her lips, and when I see her lips my soul cries out, ‘Look at her eyes, look at her eyes.’” Who acts: I, soul. 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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 (I, soul), 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:pg2892:35:29 # text = When I look in her eyes I am tormented because I am not looking at her lips, and when I see her lips my soul cries out, ‘Look at her eyes, look at her eyes.’” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 tormented torment VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | I | | | | | in hand's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in eye=Theme | | 2 | **torment** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **look** | present · progressive | I | | | | | at hand's lips | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lip=Theme | | 4 | **see** | present | I | hand | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | present | my soul | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | infinitive | my soul *not said here* | | | | | at hand's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at eye=Theme | | 7 | **look** | infinitive | my soul *not said here* | | | | | at hand's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at eye=Theme | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/30/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/)