--- title: Then the keening ceased and the games drew to an end; the princes of… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the keening ceased and the games drew to an end; the princes of the Five Prov-inces returned by horse or by chariot to their own places; the concourse of mourners melted away, and there was nothing left by the great cairn but the sun that dozed upon it in the daytime, the heavy clouds that broo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/63/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/63/) / 10 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 10 Then the keening ceased and the games drew to an end; the princes of the Five Prov-inces returned by horse or by chariot to their own places; the concourse of mourners melted away, and there was nothing left by the great cairn but the sun that dozed upon it in the daytime, the heavy clouds that brooded on it in the night, and the desolate, memoried king. **Who acts:** games, sun, heavy clouds · **What happens:** keen, cease, draw, return, melt away, leave · **To what, where:** princes, end, Five Prov inces, mourners, daytime This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter II. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (games, sun, heavy clouds), 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:pg2892:63:10 # text = Then the keening ceased and the games drew to an end; the princes of the Five Prov-inces returned by horse or by chariot to their own places; the concourse of mourners melted away, and there was nothing left by the great cairn but the sun that dozed upon it in the daytime, the heavy clouds that brooded on it in the night, and the desolate, memoried king. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 keening keen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 18 Prov Prov PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 inces ince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 21 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 concourse concourse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 mourners mourner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 cop _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 41 nsubj _ _ 43 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 cairn cairn NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 dozed doze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 upon upon ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 daytime daytime NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 appos _ _ 62 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 brooded brood VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 memoried memoried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keen** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cease** | participle · passive | | the princes of the Five Prov inces or chariot to games's own places | | | then | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **draw** | past | the games | | | | to a end | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to end=Destination | | 4 | **return** | participle | | the Five Prov inces *not said here* | | | | by horse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **melt away** | participle | | mourners *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | by the great cairn but the sun | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by cairn=Location | | 7 | **doze** | past | the sun | | | the daytime | | upon cairn | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **brood** | past | the heavy clouds | | | | night | on cairn | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on it=Topic | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | | | desolate *property* | tree rules | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/63/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/63/11/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/63/)