--- title: The Irishman knew that it was for himself she had been waiting so lo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Irishman knew that it was for himself she had been waiting so long, but he was unable to make any better of it, for he had no hope of reaching the Blue Mountains all his life. Who acts: Irishman, hope. 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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 (Irishman, hope), 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:pg640:45:138 # text = The Irishman knew that it was for himself she had been waiting so long, but he was unable to make any better of it, for he had no hope of reaching the Blue Mountains all his life. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Irishman Irishman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux _ _ 12 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 xcomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 reaching reach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Blue Blue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Mountains Mountain PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the Irishman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **wait** | past · perfect · progressive | hope | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Irishman | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | Irishman *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **have** | past | Irishman | no hope | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient | | 6 | **reach** | gerund | no hope *not said here* | the Blue Mountains Irishman's life | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mountain=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:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/139/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)