--- title: One minute they heard the clashing and bashing of the hailstones, th… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One minute they heard the clashing and bashing of the hailstones, the howling of the venomous wind, the screams of women and the uproar of the crowd on the Hill of Uisneach, and the next minute they heard nothing more of those sounds and saw nothing more of these sights, for they had been permitted --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/74/8/) [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 III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/74/) / 8 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 8 One minute they heard the clashing and bashing of the hailstones, the howling of the venomous wind, the screams of women and the uproar of the crowd on the Hill of Uisneach, and the next minute they heard nothing more of those sounds and saw nothing more of these sights, for they had been permitted to go at one step out of the world of men and into the world of Faery. **Who acts:** One minute, next minute, venomous wind, women · **What happens:** hear, see, permit, go, howl, scream · **To what, where:** clashing, nothing, men, world This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One minute, next minute, venomous wind, women), 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:pg2892:74:8 # text = One minute they heard the clashing and bashing of the hailstones, the howling of the venomous wind, the screams of women and the uproar of the crowd on the Hill of Uisneach, and the next minute they heard nothing more of those sounds and saw nothing more of these sights, for they had been permitted to go at one step out of the world of men and into the world of Faery. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 clashing clashing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 bashing bashing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hailstones hailstone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 howling howling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 venomous venomous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 screams scream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 uproar uproar NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Hill Hill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Uisneach Uisneach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 41 obj _ _ 43 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 amod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 48 obj _ _ 50 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 sights sight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 for for SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 62 at at ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 64 nummod _ _ 64 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 out out ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 72 into into ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 conj _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 Faery Faery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | One minute | the clashing and bashing of the hailstones | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer clashing=Stimulus | | 2 | **hear** | past | the next minute | nothing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past | the next minute *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **permit** | past · perfect · passive | | men *= man* | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | the world of men and the world of Faery | | at one step | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out world=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **howl** | | the venomous wind and the screams of women and the uproar of the crowd on the Hill of Uisneach | | | | | | nom howling «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **scream** | | women | | | | | | nom scream «communication 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/74/7/) - next →: [Chapter IV, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/75/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/74/)