--- title: He did not like the men of Lochlann at any time, but this time he mo… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He did not like the men of Lochlann at any time, but this time he moved against them in wrath, for not only were they attacking Ireland, but they had come between him and the deepest joy his life had known. Who acts: fleet, men. 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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 (fleet, men), 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:pg2892:35:4 # text = He did not like the men of Lochlann at any time, but this time he moved against them in wrath, for not only were they attacking Ireland, but they had come between him and the deepest joy his life had known. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Lochlann Lochlann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 25 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 attacking attack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 29 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 35 between between ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 deepest deep ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 amod _ _ 40 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | fleet | the men of Lochlann | | | time | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot man=Theme | | 2 | **move** | past | fleet | | | wrath | time | against men *= man* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme against they=Source in wrath=Trajectory | | 3 | **not** **attack** | past · progressive | men *= man* | Ireland | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ireland=Patient | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | men *= man* | | | | | between fleet | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between he=Location | | 5 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | the deepest joy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/5/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/)