--- title: It was while he was in this condition of glee and expansion that the… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was while he was in this condition of glee and expansion that the Flame Lady put her arms about his neck and begged he would tell her the story of Duv Laca, and, being boisterous then and full of good spirits, he agreed to her request, and he prepared to tell the tale. 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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 (wine, Flame Lady, banquet, Lady), 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:pg2892:75:29 # text = It was while he was in this condition of glee and expansion that the Flame Lady put her arms about his neck and begged he would tell her the story of Duv Laca, and, being boisterous then and full of good spirits, he agreed to her request, and he prepared to tell the tale. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 glee glee NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 expansion expansion NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Flame Flame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 cop _ _ 38 boisterous boisterous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | wine | | | this condition | | of glee and expansion | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | past | the Flame Lady | Lady's arms | | | | about banquet's neck | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arm=Theme about neck=Destination | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Flame Lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | banquet | the story of Duv | Lady | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | | then | boisterous *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | | | | | of good spirits | tree rules | | 7 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | banquet | | | | | to Lady's request | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **prepare** | past | banquet | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | banquet *not said here* | the tale | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 10 | **request** | | Lady | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/75/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/75/30/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/75/)