--- title: “Often I would go, drawn by my memoried heart, to look at them as th… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Often I would go, drawn by my memoried heart, to look at them as they moved among their fields; and I spoke to my mind in bitterness: ‘When the people of Partholon were gathered in counsel my voice was heard; it was sweet to all who heard it, and the words I spoke were wise. 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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 (I, men, voice, words), 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:pg2892:8:19 # text = “Often I would go, drawn by my memoried heart, to look at them as they moved among their fields; and I spoke to my mind in bitterness: ‘When the people of Partholon were gathered in counsel my voice was heard; it was sweet to all who heard it, and the words I spoke were wise. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 memoried memoried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 20 among among ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 bitterness bitterness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 When when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Partholon Partholon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 advcl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 parataxis _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 50 obl _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nsubj _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 62 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 63 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | would | I | | | | | often *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **draw** *in a quote* | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | by my memoried heart | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | at men *= man* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 4 | **move** *in a quote* | past | men *= man* | | | men's fields | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme among field=Trajectory | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | I | | | bitterness | | to my mind | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mind=Co-Agent | | 6 | **gather** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the people of Partholon | | counsel | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **hear** *in a quote* | past · passive | | my voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | past | voice | | | | | to all; sweet *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | | voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 10 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | I | the words *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the words | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **mind** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/8/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/8/20/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/8/)