--- title: His terror on hearing this unexpected news was so great that he medi… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: His terror on hearing this unexpected news was so great that he meditated immediate flight from Tara; but when a thing has been uttered once it is easier said the second time and on the third repetition it is patiently listened to. Who acts: terror, desire, second time. 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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 (terror, desire, second time), 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:pg2892:41:8 # text = His terror on hearing this unexpected news was so great that he meditated immediate flight from Tara; but when a thing has been uttered once it is easier said the second time and on the third repetition it is patiently listened to. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 on on SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hearing hear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 meditated meditate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 26 once once SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 expl _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 ccomp _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 33 amod _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 amod _ _ 38 repetition repetition NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 41 patiently patiently ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | desire's terror *not said here* | this unexpected news | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | desire's terror | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **meditate** | past | desire | immediate flight | | Tara | | | tree rules | | 4 | **utter** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | a thing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **listen** | present · passive | the second time and the third repetition *not said here* | terror | | | | patiently *property* | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/9/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/)