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title: When they came among the host the men of Ireland gathered about the… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 1

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When they came among the host the men of Ireland gathered about the vast stranger; and there were some who hid their faces in their mantles so that they should not be seen to laugh, and there were some who rolled along the ground in merriment, and there were others who could only hold their mouths open and crook their knees and hang their arms and stare dumbfoundedly upon the stranger, as though they were utterly dazed.

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**Who acts:** they, men, some, others · **What happens:** come, gather, hide, not see, laugh, be · **To what, where:** host, faces, mantles, men, merriment, mouths

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (they, men, some, others), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2892:50:1
# text = When they came among the host the men of Ireland gathered about the vast stranger; and there were some who hid their faces in their mantles so that they should not be seen to laugh, and there were some who rolled along the ground in merriment, and there were others who could only hold their mouths open and crook their knees and hang their arms and stare dumbfoundedly upon the stranger, as though they were utterly dazed.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	19	expl	_	_
19	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	_
21	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
22	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
23	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	mantles	mantle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
28	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	34	mark	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	fixed	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
31	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
32	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	34	advmod	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	advcl	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	40	expl	_	_
40	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
41	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	40	nsubj	_	_
42	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	43	nsubj	_	_
43	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	_
44	along	along	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	merriment	merriment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	52	expl	_	_
52	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
53	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nsubj	_	_
54	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	57	nsubj	_	_
55	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	only	only	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	acl:relcl	_	_
58	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obj	_	_
60	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	xcomp	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
62	crook	crook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	conj	_	_
63	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obj	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	conj	_	_
67	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
68	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	66	obj	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
70	stare	stare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	conj	_	_
71	dumbfoundedly	dumbfoundedly	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
72	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
76	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	81	mark	_	_
77	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	81	mark	_	_
78	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	81	nsubj:pass	_	_
79	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	aux:pass	_	_
80	utterly	utterly	ADV	RB	_	81	advmod	_	_
81	dazed	daze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	66	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | they |  |  | the host |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among host=Location |
| 2 | **gather** | past | the men of Ireland | the host *not said here* |  |  |  | about the vast stranger | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** | past |  | men's faces |  | men's mantles |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Patient in mantle=Location |
| 4 | **not** **see** | should · passive |  | men *= man* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **laugh** | to-infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **be** | past | some |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **roll** | past |  |  |  | merriment |  | along the ground | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme along ground=Source in merriment=Trajectory |
| 8 | **be** | past | others |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **hold** | could | others | others's mouths |  |  |  | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme |
| 10 | **crook** | infinitive | others *not said here* | others's knees |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Patient |
| 11 | **hang** | infinitive | others *not said here* | others's arms |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 12 | **stare** | infinitive | others *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon the stranger; dumbfoundedly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon stranger=Theme |
| 13 | **daze** | past · passive |  | men *= man* |  |  |  | utterly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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.

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**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.

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