--- title: But she saw or heard nothing; and little by little tranquillity crep… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But she saw or heard nothing; and little by little tranquillity crept into her mind, and she began to consider that a danger which is past is a danger that may be neglected. Who acts: lady, little, danger. 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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 (lady, little, danger), 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:pg2892:42:6 # text = But she saw or heard nothing; and little by little tranquillity crept into her mind, and she began to consider that a danger which is past is a danger that may be neglected. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nsubj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 tranquillity tranquillity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 neglected neglect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | lady | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | past | lady *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 3 | **creep** | past | little by little tranquillity | | | lady's mind | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into mind=Destination | | 4 | **begin** | past | lady | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **consider** | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | a danger | past | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | present | a danger | a danger | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **neglect** | may · passive | | a danger | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **mind** | | lady | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/7/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/42/)