--- title: Such a load of apprehension was lifted from Becfola’s heart that she… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Such a load of apprehension was lifted from Becfola’s heart that she instantly did as she had been commanded, and such a bewilderment had yet possession of her faculties that she could not think or utter a word on any subject. Who acts: heart, bewilderment. 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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 (heart, bewilderment), 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:pg2892:43:23 # text = Such a load of apprehension was lifted from Becfola’s heart that she instantly did as she had been commanded, and such a bewilderment had yet possession of her faculties that she could not think or utter a word on any subject. 1 Such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 3 det:predet _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 apprehension apprehension NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Becfola Becfola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 25 det:predet _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bewilderment bewilderment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 faculties faculty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | past · passive | | such load of apprehension | | Becfola's heart | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme from heart=Destination | | 2 | **do** | past | heart | Becfola's heart *not said here* | | | | instantly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | | 3 | **command** | past · perfect · passive | | heart | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | such bewilderment | possession of bewilderment's faculties | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | could | heart | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **utter** *speech: other* | infinitive | heart *not said here* | a word | | any subject | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 7 | **possess** | | | bewilderment's faculties | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/24/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/)