--- title: When Trembling came to the door of the church there was no one insid… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When Trembling came to the door of the church there was no one inside who could get a glimpse of her but was striving to know who she was; and when they saw her hurrying away at the end of Mass, they ran out to overtake her. Who acts: one, mare, people. 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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 (one, mare, 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:pg7885:23:18 # text = When Trembling came to the door of the church there was no one inside who could get a glimpse of her but was striving to know who she was; and when they saw her hurrying away at the end of Mass, they ran out to overtake her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 Trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 14 inside inside ADP IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 striving strive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 26 ccomp _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 hurrying hurry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 xcomp _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Mass Mass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tremble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | | | | the door of the church | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **be** | past | no one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **get** | could | no one | a glimpse of mare | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glimpse=Stimulus | | 5 | **strive** | past · progressive | no one *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | mare | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | past | people | mare | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **hurry away** | gerund | mare *not said here* | | | | at the end of Mass | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Trajectory | | 10 | **run out** | past | people | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **overtake** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | mare | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **glimpse** | | | mare | | | | | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/19/) - ↑ back to [Fair, Brown, and Trembling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/)