--- title: There they went inland towards a vast palace, in which there was no… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There they went inland towards a vast palace, in which there was no person but themselves alone, and there the young man went to sleep, while Becfola sat staring at him until the unavoidable peace pressed down her eyelids and she too slumbered. Who acts: curls, person, young man, Becfola. 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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 (curls, person, young man, Becfola), 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:pg2892:42:20 # text = There they went inland towards a vast palace, in which there was no person but themselves alone, and there the young man went to sleep, while Becfola sat staring at him until the unavoidable peace pressed down her eyelids and she too slumbered. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 inland inland ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 12 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 13 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 18 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 while while SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 Becfola Becfola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 until until ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 unavoidable unavoidable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 eyelids eyelid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 too too ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 slumbered slumber VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | curls *= curl* | curls *= curl* | | a vast palace; there | | alone, inland *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **be** | past | no person | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 3 | **go** | past | the young man | | | there | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sit** | past | Becfola | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stare** | gerund | Becfola *not said here* | | | | until the unavoidable peace | at man | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 7 | **press down** | participle | the unavoidable peace *not said here* | Becfola's eyelids | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyelid=Theme | | 8 | **slumber** | past | Becfola | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/21/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/)