--- title: Servants were shouting to one another, and women were running to and… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Servants were shouting to one another, and women were running to and fro aimlessly, wringing their hands and screaming; and, when they saw the Champion, those nearest to him ran away, and there was a general effort on the part of every person to get behind every other person. Who acts: Servants, wom --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/44/) [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 III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/) / 44 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 44 Servants were shouting to one another, and women were running to and fro aimlessly, wringing their hands and screaming; and, when they saw the Champion, those nearest to him ran away, and there was a general effort on the part of every person to get behind every other person. **Who acts:** Servants, women, Champion, general effort · **What happens:** shout, run, fro, wring, scream, see · **To what, where:** one, hands This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Servants, women, Champion, general effort), 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:pg2892:35:44 # text = Servants were shouting to one another, and women were running to and fro aimlessly, wringing their hands and screaming; and, when they saw the Champion, those nearest to him ran away, and there was a general effort on the part of every person to get behind every other person. 1 Servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 5 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 15 aimlessly aimlessly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 wringing wring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 screaming scream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Champion Champion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 nsubj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl _ _ 52 behind behind ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 55 det _ _ 54 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · progressive | Servants | | one | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient | | 2 | **run** | past · progressive | women | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fro** | infinitive | women *not said here* | | | | | aimlessly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wring** | gerund | women *not said here* | women's hands | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 5 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | women *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | past | Servants *= servant* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **run away** | past | the Champion | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **be** | past | a general effort on the part of every person | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **get** | to-infinitive | a general effort on the part of every person *not said here* | | | | | behind every other person | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/45/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/35/)