--- title: Word was sent to the Shi’s of Ireland that this lady should not be p… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Word was sent to the Shi’s of Ireland that this lady should not be permitted to enter any of them; from which it would seem that the ordinances of the Shi come from the higher world, and, it might follow, that the conduct of earth lies in the Shi’. Who acts: it, ordinances, Shi, conduct. 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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 (it, ordinances, Shi, conduct), 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:pg2892:62:18 # text = Word was sent to the Shi’s of Ireland that this lady should not be permitted to enter any of them; from which it would seem that the ordinances of the Shi come from the higher world, and, it might follow, that the conduct of earth lies in the Shi’. 1 Word Word PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Shi Shi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Shi Shi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Shi Shi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · passive | | Word | the Shi of Ireland | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to shi=Destination | | 2 | **not** **permit** | should · passive | | this lady | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **enter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | any | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme any=Destination | | 4 | **seem** | would | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | present | the ordinances of the Shi | | | the higher world | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from world=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **follow** | might | Shi | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lie** | present | the conduct of earth | | | the Shi | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shi=Location | | 8 | **ordain** | | | the Shi | | | | | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **conduct** | | | earth | | | | | nom conduct «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/62/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/62/19/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/62/)