--- title: Nevertheless, it was upon his ward that the lady’s gaze rested, and… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Nevertheless, it was upon his ward that the lady’s gaze rested, and if the king could scarcely look away from her, she could, but only with an equal effort, look away from Crimthann. Who acts: eye, gaze, king, lady. 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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 (eye, gaze, king, lady), 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:pg2892:40:41 # text = Nevertheless, it was upon his ward that the lady’s gaze rested, and if the king could scarcely look away from her, she could, but only with an equal effort, look away from Crimthann. 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ward ward NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Crimthann Crimthann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | eye | | | | | upon King's ward; nevertheless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rest** | past | the lady's gaze | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look away** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | the king | | | | | away, scarcely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **look away** | could | the lady's gaze *not said here* | | | | | from Crimthann; away *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from crimthann=Theme | | 5 | **gaze** | | the lady | | | | | | nom gaze «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/42/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/)