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title: At a certain time he passed from the rough green ridges of the sea t… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: At a certain time he passed from the rough green ridges of the sea to enchanted waters, and he roamed from island to island asking all people how he might come to Delvcaem, the daughter of Morgan. Who acts: Colpa. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IX, with its dependency t
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IX, sentence 2

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At a certain time he passed from the rough green ridges of the sea to enchanted waters, and he roamed from island to island asking all people how he might come to Delvcaem, the daughter of Morgan.

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**Who acts:** Colpa · **What happens:** pass, enchant, roam, ask, come · **To what, where:** rough green ridges, island, people, Delvcaem · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Colpa), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2892:70:2
# text = At a certain time he passed from the rough green ridges of the sea to enchanted waters, and he roamed from island to island asking all people how he might come to Delvcaem, the daughter of Morgan.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ridges	ridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	roamed	roam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
27	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	28	det	_	_
28	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
29	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	ccomp	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Delvcaem	Delvcaem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | Colpa |  |  | the rough green ridges of the sea | time | to enchanted waters | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from ridge=Initial\_Location to water=Destination |
| 2 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **roam** | past | Colpa |  |  | island to island |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from island=Trajectory |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Colpa *not said here* |  | all people |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **come** | might | Colpa |  |  | Delvcaem |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to delvcaem=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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**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.

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