--- title: A snarl went over the huge face of the monster and she leaped forwar… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: A snarl went over the huge face of the monster and she leaped forward again, but she met Goll’s point in the road; it went through her, and in another moment Goll took her head from its shoulders and swung it on high before Fionn. Who acts: snarl, point, Goll. 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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 (snarl, point, Goll), 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:pg2892:61:35 # text = A snarl went over the huge face of the monster and she leaped forward again, but she met Goll’s point in the road; it went through her, and in another moment Goll took her head from its shoulders and swung it on high before Fionn. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snarl snarl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 forward forward ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 36 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 obl _ _ 48 before before ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | a snarl | | | the huge face of the monster | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over face=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **leap** | past | snarl | | | | again | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **meet** | past | snarl | Goll's point | | the road | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Co-Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | point | | | | | through snarl | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through she=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **take** | past | point *not said here* | snarl's head | | point's shoulders | moment | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent head=Theme from shoulder=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **swing** | past | point *not said here* | point | | high | before Fionn | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on high=Source before fionn=Trajectory | | 7 | **point** | | Goll | | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/61/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/61/36/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/61/)