--- title: “My heart leaped for joy when I saw the great fleet rounding the lan… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “My heart leaped for joy when I saw the great fleet rounding the land, and I followed them along scarped cliffs, leaping from rock to rock like a wild goat, while the ships tacked and swung seeking a harbour. Who acts: heart, Finnian, great fleet, couples. 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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 (heart, Finnian, great fleet, couples), 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:pg2892:6:12 # text = “My heart leaped for joy when I saw the great fleet rounding the land, and I followed them along scarped cliffs, leaping from rock to rock like a wild goat, while the ships tacked and swung seeking a harbour. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 rounding round VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 along along ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 scarped scarp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 tacked tack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** *in a quote* | participle | My heart | | | | | for joy | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Finnian | the great fleet | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fleet=Stimulus | | 3 | **round** *in a quote* | gerund | the great fleet *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent land=Patient | | 4 | **follow** *in a quote* | past | Finnian | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **scarp** *in a quote* | past | couples *= couple* | cliffs | | | | along *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **leap** *in a quote* | gerund | couples *= couple* *not said here* | | | rock | | to rock like a wild goat | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to rock=Destination | | 7 | **tack** *in a quote* | past | the ships | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **swing** *in a quote* | past | the ships *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **seek** *in a quote* | gerund | the ships *not said here* | a harbour | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harbour=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/6/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/6/13/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. “Tell on, my love,” Finnian murmured](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/6/)