--- title: He spoke gently and angrily, and gently and angrily, so that I thoug… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He spoke gently and angrily, and gently and angrily, so that I thought he would never stop talking, but in the end he struck her with a hazel rod, so that she was forced to follow him when he went away. Who acts: man, I, deer. 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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 (man, I, deer), 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:pg2892:39:18 # text = He spoke gently and angrily, and gently and angrily, so that I thought he would never stop talking, but in the end he struck her with a hazel rod, so that she was forced to follow him when he went away. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gently gently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 angrily angrily ADV RB _ 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gently gently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 angrily angrily ADV RB _ 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 15 mark _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 20 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | | gently *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **stop** | would | man | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **talk** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **strike** | past | man | deer | | | in the end | with a hazel rod | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with rod=Instrument | | 6 | **force** | past · passive | | deer | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **follow** | to-infinitive | deer *not said here* | man | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **go away** | past | man | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/39/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/39/19/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/39/)