--- title: For a time they sat panting, staring at each other, holding each oth… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: For a time they sat panting, staring at each other, holding each other, lest not only their lives but their very souls should be swirled away in the gusty passage of world within world; and then, looking abroad, they saw the small bright waves creaming by the rocks of Ben Edair, and they blessed the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/52/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Irish Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/) / [Chapter X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/) / 52 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 52 For a time they sat panting, staring at each other, holding each other, lest not only their lives but their very souls should be swirled away in the gusty passage of world within world; and then, looking abroad, they saw the small bright waves creaming by the rocks of Ben Edair, and they blessed the power that had guided and protected them, and they blessed the comely land of Ir. **Who acts:** waves, small bright waves, world · **What happens:** sit, pant, stare, hold, swirl away, look · **To what, where:** each, souls, gusty passage, small bright waves, power, waves This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter X. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (waves, small bright waves, world), 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:pg2892:71:52 # text = For a time they sat panting, staring at each other, holding each other, lest not only their lives but their very souls should be swirled away in the gusty passage of world within world; and then, looking abroad, they saw the small bright waves creaming by the rocks of Ben Edair, and they blessed the power that had guided and protected them, and they blessed the comely land of Ir. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 panting pant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 staring stare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 8 obl _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 13 obj _ _ 15 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 19 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 swirled swirl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 gusty gusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 within within ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 43 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 51 creaming cream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 acl _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 Edair Edair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 guided guide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 acl:relcl _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 protected protect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 69 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 comely comely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 Ir Ir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | waves *= wave* | | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **pant** | gerund | waves *= wave* *not said here* | | | | | lest waves's lives | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stare** | gerund | waves *= wave* *not said here* | | | | | at each | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at each=Theme | | 4 | **hold** | gerund | waves *= wave* *not said here* | each | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme | | 5 | **swirl away** | should · passive | | waves's souls | | the gusty passage of world within world | | away *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **look** | gerund | waves *= wave* *not said here* | | | | then | abroad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** | past | waves *= wave* | the small bright waves | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wave=Stimulus | | 8 | **cream** | gerund | the small bright waves *not said here* | | | | | by the rocks of Ben | vn mix-22.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **bless** | past | waves *= wave* | the power | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | | 10 | **guide** | past · perfect · passive | | the power | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **protect** | past | waves *= wave* *not said here* | waves *= wave* | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 12 | **bless** | past | waves *= wave* | the comely land of Ir | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 13 | **pass** | | world | | | | | within world | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent within=obl | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/53/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/71/)