--- title: Then Mongan opened his eyes and he saw Duv Laca, and he made a great… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Mongan opened his eyes and he saw Duv Laca, and he made a great bound to her and took her in his arms, and mac an Da’v made a savage and vicious and terrible jump at the attendant, and took her in his arms, and bit her ear and kissed her neck and wept down into her back. Who acts: Mongan, Da’v. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/87/15/) [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/) / 15 # Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XVI. They met him near the place where the games were played, sentence 15 Then Mongan opened his eyes and he saw Duv Laca, and he made a great bound to her and took her in his arms, and mac an Da’v made a savage and vicious and terrible jump at the attendant, and took her in his arms, and bit her ear and kissed her neck and wept down into her back. **Who acts:** Mongan, Da’v · **What happens:** open, see, make, take, mac, bite · **To what, where:** eyes, Duv, great bound, Kevin, arms, savage jump 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 (Mongan, Da’v), 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:pg2892:87:15 # text = Then Mongan opened his eyes and he saw Duv Laca, and he made a great bound to her and took her in his arms, and mac an Da’v made a savage and vicious and terrible jump at the attendant, and took her in his arms, and bit her ear and kissed her neck and wept down into her back. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Mongan Mongan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 Duv Duv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 Laca Laca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 mac mac VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Da’v Da'v PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 33 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 vicious vicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 38 jump jump NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 attendant attendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 60 down down ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | Mongan | Mongan's eyes | | | then | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Mongan | Duv | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duv=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past | Mongan | a great bound | Kevin | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bound=Product | | 4 | **take** | past | Mongan *not said here* | Kevin | | Mongan's arms | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in arm=Location | | 5 | **mac** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past | a Da’v | a savage jump | | the attendant | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jump=Product | | 7 | **take** | past | Mongan *not said here* | Kevin | | Mongan's arms | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in arm=Location | | 8 | **bite** | past | | Kevin's ear | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 9 | **kiss** | past | | Kevin's neck | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Co-Agent | | 10 | **weep down** | past | | | | Kevin's back | | down *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into back=Recipient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/87/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/87/16/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVI. 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