--- title: She left the palace with one maid, and as she crossed the doorway so… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She left the palace with one maid, and as she crossed the doorway something happened to her, but by what means it happened would be hard to tell; for in the one pace she passed out of the palace and out of the world, and the second step she trod was in Faery, but she did not know this. 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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 (journey, something, it, second step), 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:pg2892:41:36 # text = She left the palace with one maid, and as she crossed the doorway something happened to her, but by what means it happened would be hard to tell; for in the one pace she passed out of the palace and out of the world, and the second step she trod was in Faery, but she did not know this. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 16 nsubj _ _ 16 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 by by SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj _ _ 23 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 out out ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 out out ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 52 amod _ _ 52 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Faery faery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 64 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | journey | the palace | | | | with one maid | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent palace=Recipient with maid=Theme | | 2 | **cross** | past | journey | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **happen** | past | something | | journey | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | would | | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **pass out** | past | journey | the palace and the world | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 9 | **tread** | past | journey | the second step *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location step=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | the second step | | | | | faery *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | journey | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/37/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/)