--- title: “The chance is here,” Iaran echoed, with a smile that was very like… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “The chance is here,” Iaran echoed, with a smile that was very like her sister’s, only that it was worse, and the wen that grew on her nose joggled to and fro and did not get its balance again for a long time. Who acts: chance, Iaran, that, wen. 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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 (chance, Iaran, that, wen), 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:pg2892:57:22 # text = “The chance is here,” Iaran echoed, with a smile that was very like her sister’s, only that it was worse, and the wen that grew on her nose joggled to and fro and did not get its balance again for a long time. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 Iaran Iaran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 echoed echo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 joggled joggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 36 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 44 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 balance balance NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the chance | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **echo** | past | Iaran | | | | | with a smile | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | that | | | | | like jaw's sister | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | chance | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **grow** | past | the wen | | | jaw's nose | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on nose=Location | | 6 | **joggle** | past | the wen | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fro** | infinitive | the wen *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **get** | past · do-support | the wen *not said here* | chance's balance | | | again; time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer balance=Stimulus | | 9 | **balance** | | chance | | | | | | nom balance «state 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/57/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/57/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/57/)