--- title: “But one time I came, drawn by that intolerable anguish of memory, a… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “But one time I came, drawn by that intolerable anguish of memory, and all of these people were gone: the place that knew them was silent: in the land where they had moved there was nothing of them but their bones that glinted in the sun. Who acts: lumbering bear, all, place, land. 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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 (lumbering bear, all, place, land), 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:pg2892:7:32 # text = “But one time I came, drawn by that intolerable anguish of memory, and all of these people were gone: the place that knew them was silent: in the land where they had moved there was nothing of them but their bones that glinted in the sun. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 intolerable intolerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 anguish anguish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 parataxis _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 glinted glint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the lumbering bear *= bear* | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **draw** *in a quote* | participle | the lumbering bear *= bear* *not said here* | | | | | by that intolerable anguish of memory | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | all | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | past | the place | people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the place | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **move** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | people | | there | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the land | nothing | | | | of people | tree rules | | 8 | **glint** *in a quote* | past | | | | the sun. | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location | | 9 | **anguish** *in a quote* | | memory | | | | | | nom anguish «feeling intransitive»: of=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/7/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/7/33/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/7/)