--- title: But Becuma’s foster-sister, Aine’, came from the Shi’, and, unseen b… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But Becuma’s foster-sister, Aine’, came from the Shi’, and, unseen by any, she interfered with Art’s play, so that, suddenly, when he looked again on the board, his face went pale, for he saw that the game was lost. Who acts: foster sister, sister, Art, face. 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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 (foster sister, sister, Art, face), 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:pg2892:69:38 # text = But Becuma’s foster-sister, Aine’, came from the Shi’, and, unseen by any, she interfered with Art’s play, so that, suddenly, when he looked again on the board, his face went pale, for he saw that the game was lost. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 Becuma Becuma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Aine Aine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Shi Shi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ 's PART POS _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 unseen unseen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 interfered interfere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 Art Art PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 so so SCONJ IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Becuma's foster sister | | | the Shi | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from shi=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **interfere** | past | sister | that | | | | with Art's play; suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | past | Art | | | | again | on the board | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on board=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | Art's face | | | | | pale *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Art | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **lose** | past · passive | | the game | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **play** | | Art | | | | | | nom play «communication intransitive»: 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/39/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/)