--- title: Then they were led to the room where Duv Laca was, and as he went in… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they were led to the room where Duv Laca was, and as he went into that room Mongan shut his eyes, for he did not want to look at Duv Laca while other people might be looking at him. Who acts: Duv, Mongan, other people. A sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XVI. They met h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/87/13/) [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 XVI. They met him near the pla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/87/) / 13 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XVI. They met him near the place where the games were played, sentence 13 Then they were led to the room where Duv Laca was, and as he went into that room Mongan shut his eyes, for he did not want to look at Duv Laca while other people might be looking at him. **Who acts:** Duv, Mongan, other people · **What happens:** lead, go, shut, not want, look · **To what, where:** people, room, eyes This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XVI. They met him near the place where the games were played. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Duv, Mongan, other people), 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:pg2892:87:13 # text = Then they were led to the room where Duv Laca was, and as he went into that room Mongan shut his eyes, for he did not want to look at Duv Laca while other people might be looking at him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 9 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 Mongan Mongan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 flat _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past · passive | | people | | the room | then | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to room=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past | Duv | | | that room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **shut** | past | Mongan | Mongan's eyes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 4 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | Duv | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Duv *not said here* | | | | | at Duv | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at duv=Theme | | 6 | **look** | might · progressive | other people | | | | | at Mongan | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/87/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/87/14/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVI. 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