--- title: Yet, even as he looked, a tear did well into those lovely eyes, and… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Yet, even as he looked, a tear did well into those lovely eyes, and behind her brow a thought moved of the beautiful boy who was looking at her from the king’s side. Who acts: past, tear, thought, beautiful boy. 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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 (past, tear, thought, beautiful boy), 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:pg2892:40:74 # text = Yet, even as he looked, a tear did well into those lovely eyes, and behind her brow a thought moved of the beautiful boy who was looking at her from the king’s side. 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 behind behind ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | past | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past | a tear | | | that lovely eyes | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **move** | past | a thought | | | wife's brow | | of the beautiful boy | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme behind brow=Trajectory | | 4 | **look** | past · progressive | the beautiful boy | | | the king's side | | at wife | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/75/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/)