--- title: A year passed, and one day as he was sitting at judgement there came… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: A year passed, and one day as he was sitting at judgement there came a great noise from without, and this noise was so persistent that the people and suitors were scandalised, and Fiachna at last ordered that the noisy person should be brought before him to be judged. 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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 (he, one day, noise, Fiachna), 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:pg2892:77:1 # text = A year passed, and one day as he was sitting at judgement there came a great noise from without, and this noise was so persistent that the people and suitors were scandalised, and Fiachna at last ordered that the noisy person should be brought before him to be judged. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 judgement judgement NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 18 nmod _ _ 20 without without ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 persistent persistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 suitors suitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 scandalised scandalis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 Fiachna Fiachna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 nmod _ _ 40 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ _ 48 before before SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 judged judge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | participle | | | | | year | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | he | one day *not said here* | | judgement | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent day=Theme at judgement=Location | | 3 | **come** | past | one day | a great noise | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location noise=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | this noise | | | | | persistent *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **scandalis** | past · passive | | the people and suitors | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **order** | past | Fiachna at last | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** | should · passive | | the noisy person | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 8 | **judge** | to-infinitive · passive | | person | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | 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: [Chapter V. 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