--- title: Conn asked her, therefore, all the questions that he could think of,… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Conn asked her, therefore, all the questions that he could think of, for it is not every day that a lady drives from the sea, and she wearing a golden-fringed cloak of green silk through which a red satin smock peeped at the openings. Who acts: Conn, authority, lady. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/2/) [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 III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/) / 2 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 2 Conn asked her, therefore, all the questions that he could think of, for it is not every day that a lady drives from the sea, and she wearing a golden-fringed cloak of green silk through which a red satin smock peeped at the openings. **Who acts:** Conn, authority, lady · **What happens:** ask, think, not be, drive, wear, fringe · **To what, where:** her, sea, golden fringed cloak, red satin smock This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Conn, authority, lady), 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:pg2892:64:2 # text = Conn asked her, therefore, all the questions that he could think of, for it is not every day that a lady drives from the sea, and she wearing a golden-fringed cloak of green silk through which a red satin smock peeped at the openings. 1 Conn Conn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 drives drive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 fringed fringe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 smock smock NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ _ 47 peeped peep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 openings opening NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Conn | | her *= she* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | could | Conn | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | authority | | | | for every day | | tree rules | | 4 | **drive** | present | a lady | | | the sea | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from sea=Trajectory | | 5 | **wear** | gerund | lady | a golden fringed cloak of green silk | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme | | 6 | **fringe** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **smock** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **peep** | participle | | a red satin smock *not said here* | | | | at the openings | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at opening=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/3/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/)