--- title: Yet the thought did come into her head as she stretched in the warm… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Yet the thought did come into her head as she stretched in the warm gloom that Crimthann the son of Ae must be now attending her at Cluain da chaillech, and she thought of that young man as of something wonderful and very ridiculous, and the fact that he was waiting for her troubled her no more than --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/) / 24 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IV, sentence 24 Yet the thought did come into her head as she stretched in the warm gloom that Crimthann the son of Ae must be now attending her at Cluain da chaillech, and she thought of that young man as of something wonderful and very ridiculous, and the fact that he was waiting for her troubled her no more than if a sheep had been waiting for her or a roadside bush. **Who acts:** thought, warm gloom, fact, sheep · **What happens:** come, stretch, be, think, wait, trouble · **To what, where:** head, warm gloom, Cluain chaillech, fact, thought This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thought, warm gloom, fact, sheep), 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:pg2892:43:24 # text = Yet the thought did come into her head as she stretched in the warm gloom that Crimthann the son of Ae must be now attending her at Cluain da chaillech, and she thought of that young man as of something wonderful and very ridiculous, and the fact that he was waiting for her troubled her no more than if a sheep had been waiting for her or a roadside bush. 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 gloom gloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 17 Crimthann Crimthann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Ae Ae PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 attending attend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 Cluain Cluain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 da Da PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ _ 30 chaillech chaillech NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 37 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 41 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 nmod _ _ 42 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 ridiculous ridiculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 acl _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ _ 56 troubled trouble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 no no ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 56 obj _ _ 60 than than SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 61 if if SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 66 aux _ _ 66 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 67 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obl _ _ 69 or or CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 roadside roadside NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · do-support | the thought | | | thought's head | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stretch** | past | thought | | | the warm gloom | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | must | the warm gloom | | | Cluain chaillech | now | attend *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | thought | | | | | of that young man as something | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wait** | past · progressive | fact | the fact *not said here* | | | | for thought | tree rules | | 6 | **trouble** | past | the fact | thought | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer more=Result | | 7 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · progressive | a sheep | | | | | for thought | vn exist-47.1 «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: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/25/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/43/)