--- title: The Ard-Ri’ could look on all things with composure, and regard all… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Ard-Ri’ could look on all things with composure, and regard all beings with a tranquil eye; but it should be known that there was one deed entirely hateful to him, and he would punish its commission with the very last rigour--this was, a transgression of the Sunday. 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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 (Ard, one deed, deed, this), 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:pg2892:41:26 # text = The Ard-Ri’ could look on all things with composure, and regard all beings with a tranquil eye; but it should be known that there was one deed entirely hateful to him, and he would punish its commission with the very last rigour--this was, a transgression of the Sunday. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Ard Ard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Ri Ri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 composure composure NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 regard regard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 tranquil tranquil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 33 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 hateful hateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 commission commission NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 rigour rigour NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 transgression transgression NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | could | the Ard Ri | | | | | on all things with composure | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on thing=Theme | | 2 | **regard** | infinitive | the Ard Ri *not said here* | all beings | | | | with a tranquil eye | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent being=Theme | | 3 | **know** | should · passive | | Ard | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | one deed | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **punish** | would | deed | Ard's commission | | | | with the last rigour | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent commission=Patient with rigour=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | this | a transgression | | | sunday | | tree rules | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/27/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/)