--- title: In this island he was met by a lady, Crede’, the Truly Beautiful, an… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In this island he was met by a lady, Crede’, the Truly Beautiful, and when they had exchanged kisses, he told her who he was and on what errand he was bent. Who acts: lady, Colpa. 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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 (lady, Colpa), 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:pg2892:70:4 # text = In this island he was met by a lady, Crede’, the Truly Beautiful, and when they had exchanged kisses, he told her who he was and on what errand he was bent. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Crede Crede PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Truly truly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 Beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 exchanged exchange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 23 kisses kiss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 nsubj _ _ 34 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past · passive | a lady | Colpa | | this island | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent | | 2 | **exchange** | past · perfect · passive | | bees *= bee* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Colpa | | Crede | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **bend** | past · passive | | | | errand | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on errand=Location | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/5/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/70/)