--- title: In the Shi’ the crime of Becuma would have been lightly considered,… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the Shi’ the crime of Becuma would have been lightly considered, and would have received none or but a nominal punishment, but in the second world a horrid gravity attaches to such a lapse, and the retribution meted is implacable and grim. Who acts: horrid gravity, retribution. 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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 (horrid gravity, retribution), 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:pg2892:62:12 # text = In the Shi’ the crime of Becuma would have been lightly considered, and would have received none or but a nominal punishment, but in the second world a horrid gravity attaches to such a lapse, and the retribution meted is implacable and grim. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Shi Shi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Becuma Becuma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux _ _ 18 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 19 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 18 obj _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 nominal nominal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 30 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 horrid horrid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 attaches attach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 38 det:predet _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 lapse lapse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 retribution retribution NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 meted mete VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 implacable implacable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **'** | past | | | | the Shi | | | tree rules | | 2 | **consider** | would · perfect · passive | | the crime of Becuma | | | | lightly *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 3 | **receive** | would · perfect | | none | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Theme | | 4 | **attach** | present | a horrid gravity | | | the second world | | to such lapse | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to lapse=Co-Patient | | 5 | **mete** | participle | | the retribution *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | the retribution | | | | | implacable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | the retribution *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **incriminate** | | | Becuma | | | | | nom crime «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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/62/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/62/13/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/62/)