--- title: A whole new life had come on this boy, a life that was instant and m… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: A whole new life had come on this boy, a life that was instant and memorable, so that his present memories blended into and obscured the past, and he could not be quite sure if that which he told of had happened in this world or in the world he had left. Who acts: whole new life, that, life. 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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 (whole new life, that, life), 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:pg2892:38:19 # text = A whole new life had come on this boy, a life that was instant and memorable, so that his present memories blended into and obscured the past, and he could not be quite sure if that which he told of had happened in this world or in the world he had left. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 memorable memorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 so so SCONJ IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 memories memory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 24 blended blend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 24 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 obscured obscure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 quite quite ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 ccomp _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | a whole new life | | | | | on this boy and a life; so life's present memories | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on boy=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | that | | | | | instant *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **blend** | participle | | life's present memories *not said here* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **obscure** | past | a whole new life *not said here* | the past | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent past=Patient | | 6 | **not** **is** | could | life | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | this world or the world | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in world=Location | | 9 | **leave** | past · perfect | life | this world or the world *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/38/18/) - next →: [Chapter VII, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/39/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/38/)