--- title: “She is in one of the islands of the sea,” Becuma replied, “that is… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “She is in one of the islands of the sea,” Becuma replied, “that is all I will tell you,” and she looked at him maliciously, joyously, contentedly, for she thought he would never return from that journey, and that Morgan would see to it. Who acts: Ireland, Becuma, Art, Morgan. 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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 (Ireland, Becuma, Art, Morgan), 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:pg2892:69:46 # text = “She is in one of the islands of the sea,” Becuma replied, “that is all I will tell you,” and she looked at him maliciously, joyously, contentedly, for she thought he would never return from that journey, and that Morgan would see to it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 Becuma Becuma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 maliciously maliciously ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 joyously joyously ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 contentedly contentedly ADV RB _ 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 Morgan Morgan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ireland | | | | | in one; of the islands of the sea | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Becuma | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Becuma | all | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 4 | **look** | past | Ireland | | | | | at Art; joyously, maliciously *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Ireland | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **return** | would | Art | | | that journey | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from journey=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **see** | would | Morgan | | journey | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/45/) - next →: [Chapter IX, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/69/)