--- title: The great captain was happy: his eyes were resting on the sights he… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The great captain was happy: his eyes were resting on the sights he liked best--the sunlight of a clear day, the waving trees, the pure sky, and the lovely movement of the earth; and his ears were filled with delectable sounds--the baying of eager dogs, the clear calling of young men, the shrill whi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/11/) [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 I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/) / 11 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 11 The great captain was happy: his eyes were resting on the sights he liked best--the sunlight of a clear day, the waving trees, the pure sky, and the lovely movement of the earth; and his ears were filled with delectable sounds--the baying of eager dogs, the clear calling of young men, the shrill whistling that came from every side, and each sound of which told a definite thing about the hunt. **Who acts:** great captain, eyes, Brefny, delectable sounds, shrill whistling, sound · **What happens:** be, rest, like, wave, fill, bay · **To what, where:** sights, best, ears, side, definite thing, earth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great captain, eyes, Brefny, delectable sounds), 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:pg2892:56:11 # text = The great captain was happy: his eyes were resting on the sights he liked best--the sunlight of a clear day, the waving trees, the pure sky, and the lovely movement of the earth; and his ears were filled with delectable sounds--the baying of eager dogs, the clear calling of young men, the shrill whistling that came from every side, and each sound of which told a definite thing about the hunt. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sights sight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 delectable delectable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 baying bay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 calling calling NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 shrill shrill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 whistling whistling NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 66 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 70 det _ _ 70 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 74 det _ _ 74 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 77 nsubj _ _ 77 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 acl:relcl _ _ 78 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 definite definite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 81 about about ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the great captain | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rest** | past · progressive | Brefny's eyes | | | the sights | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sight=Location | | 3 | **like** | past | Brefny | best | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=Theme | | 4 | **wave** | gerund | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fill** | past · passive | | Brefny's ears | | | | with delectable sounds | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with sound=Instrument | | 6 | **bay** | gerund | delectable sounds *not said here* | | | | | of eager dogs | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** | past | the shrill whistling | | | every side | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from side=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | each sound | a definite thing | | | | about the hunt | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient about hunt=Topic | | 9 | **move** | | | the earth | | | | | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **call** | | | young men | | | | | nom calling «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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/12/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/56/)