--- title: He went forward, at first, with a slow waddle, and as the venomous s… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He went forward, at first, with a slow waddle, and as the venomous sheep came to meet him in bounces, he then went to meet them in wriggles; so that in a while he went so fast that you could see nothing of him but a head and a wriggle. Who acts: Mananna’n, you. 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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 (Mananna’n, you), 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:pg2892:78:33 # text = He went forward, at first, with a slow waddle, and as the venomous sheep came to meet him in bounces, he then went to meet them in wriggles; so that in a while he went so fast that you could see nothing of him but a head and a wriggle. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 forward forward ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 waddle waddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 venomous venomous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 in in SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 bounces bounce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 wriggles wriggle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 47 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 46 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 wriggle wriggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Mananna’n *= mananna'n* | | | | | with a slow waddle; first, forward *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with waddle=Beneficiary | | 2 | **come** | past | | | | | | as the venomous sheep | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | Mananna’n *= mananna'n* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **bounce** | present | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | Mananna’n *= mananna'n* | | | | then | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Mananna’n *= mananna'n* *not said here* | sheep | | wriggles | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 7 | **go** | past | Mananna’n *= mananna'n* | | | | while | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | could | you | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/34/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. “It is not nice of you to laugh at us,” said Fiachna Finn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/78/)