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title: The wind was always behind him, for he outran it every time; and he… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The wind was always behind him, for he outran it every time; and he caught up in jumps and bounces on Cael of the Iron, although Cael was running well, with his fists up and his head back and his two legs flying in and out so vigorously that you could not see them because of that speedy movement. Wh
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter V, sentence 7

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The wind was always behind him, for he outran it every time; and he caught up in jumps and bounces on Cael of the Iron, although Cael was running well, with his fists up and his head back and his two legs flying in and out so vigorously that you could not see them because of that speedy movement.

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**Who acts:** wind, Carl, Cael, two legs, you · **What happens:** be, outrun, catch up, bounce, run, fly · **To what, where:** wind, jumps, Cael, legs

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter V. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wind, Carl, Cael, two legs), 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:pg2892:52:7
# text = The wind was always behind him, for he outran it every time; and he caught up in jumps and bounces on Cael of the Iron, although Cael was running well, with his fists up and his head back and his two legs flying in and out so vigorously that you could not see them because of that speedy movement.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	outran	outrun	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	jumps	jump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	bounces	bounce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Iron	Iron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
30	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
33	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	fists	fist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	_
38	up	up	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
42	back	back	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
45	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	nummod	_	_
46	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nsubj	_	_
47	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	conj	_	_
48	in	in	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	out	out	ADV	RB	_	48	conj	_	_
51	so	so	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
52	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
53	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
54	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
55	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	57	advmod	_	_
57	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	advcl	_	_
58	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	_
59	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	63	case	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	fixed	_	_
61	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	63	det	_	_
62	speedy	speedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the wind |  |  |  |  | behind Carl; always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **outrun** | past | Carl | wind |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **catch up** | past | Carl |  |  | jumps |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **bounce** | present | Carl *not said here* |  |  | Cael of the Iron |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on cael=Trajectory |
| 5 | **run** | past · progressive | Cael |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **fly** | gerund | Carl's two legs |  |  |  |  | vigorously *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **not** **see** | could | you | legs *= leg* |  |  |  | because that speedy movement | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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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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