--- title: But after some time the moon arose and the wolves went away, for the… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But after some time the moon arose and the wolves went away, for their leader, a sagacious and crafty chief, declared that as long as they remained where they were, the lady would remain where she was; and so, with a hearty curse on trees, the troop departed. 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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 (moon, wolves, lady, hearty curse), 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:pg2892:42:1 # text = But after some time the moon arose and the wolves went away, for their leader, a sagacious and crafty chief, declared that as long as they remained where they were, the lady would remain where she was; and so, with a hearty curse on trees, the troop departed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 sagacious sagacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 crafty crafty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 22 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 24 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obj _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 hearty hearty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | the moon | some time *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 2 | **go away** | past | the wolves | | | | | for wolves's leader and a sagacious chief; away *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for leader=Beneficiary | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | | that | | | time | long *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | | 4 | **remain** | past | wolves *= wolf* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | wolves *= wolf* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **remain** | would | the lady | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | past | lady | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **depart** | past | a hearty curse on trees | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: [Chapter II, 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/56/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/2/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/)