--- title: “And at times I came back from my boundings about Eire’, for the str… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “And at times I came back from my boundings about Eire’, for the strings of my heart were drawn to Ulster; and, standing away, my wide nose took the air, while I knew with joy, with terror, that men were blown on the wind. Who acts: times, wide nose, lumbering bear. 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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 (times, wide nose, lumbering bear), 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:pg2892:7:27 # text = “And at times I came back from my boundings about Eire’, for the strings of my heart were drawn to Ulster; and, standing away, my wide nose took the air, while I knew with joy, with terror, that men were blown on the wind. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 boundings bounding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Eire Eire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Ulster Ulster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** *in a quote* | past | times I | | | my boundings about Eire | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bounding=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **draw** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the strings of my heart | Ulster | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to ulster=Destination | | 3 | **stand away** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | away *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | past | my wide nose | the air | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | past | the lumbering bear *= bear* | | | | | with joy; with terror | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **blow** *in a quote* | past · passive | | men | | the wind | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/7/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/7/28/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/7/)