--- title: When this was accomplished the leaders of battalions gathered on a l… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When this was accomplished the leaders of battalions gathered on a level, grassy plateau overlooking the sea, where a consultation began as to the next day’s manoeuvres, and during this discussion they looked often on the wide water that lay wrinkling and twinkling below them. 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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 (grassy plateau, consultation, leaders, wide water), 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:pg2892:48:10 # text = When this was accomplished the leaders of battalions gathered on a level, grassy plateau overlooking the sea, where a consultation began as to the next day’s manoeuvres, and during this discussion they looked often on the wide water that lay wrinkling and twinkling below them. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 leaders leader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 battalions battalion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 grassy grassy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 plateau plateau NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 overlooking overlook VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 consultation consultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 30 case _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 manoeuvres manoeuvre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 during during ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 discussion discussion NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 often often ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 wrinkling wrinkle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 xcomp _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 twinkling twinkle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 conj _ _ 48 below below ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accomplish** | past · passive | | this | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gather** | participle | | battalions *not said here* | | a level and grassy plateau | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **overlook** | gerund | grassy plateau *not said here* | the sea | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme | | 4 | **begin** | past | a consultation | | | | | as the next day's manoeuvres | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **look** | past | leaders *= leader* | | | | during this discussion | on the wide water; often *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on water=Theme | | 6 | **lie** | past | the wide water | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wrinkle** | gerund | the wide water *not said here* | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **twinkle** | gerund | the wide water *not said here* | | | | | below leaders *= leader* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme below they=Location | | 9 | **manoeuvre** | | the next day | | | | | | nom manoeuvre «cognition intransitive»: 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/11/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/48/)