--- title: Since she had no other means of talking, she carried on a sort of co… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Since she had no other means of talking, she carried on a sort of conversation between herself and himself, by moving her hand and fingers, winking her eyes, opening and shutting her mouth, laughing or smiling, and a thousand other signs, so that it was not long until they understood each other very --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/72/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/) / 72 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 72 Since she had no other means of talking, she carried on a sort of conversation between herself and himself, by moving her hand and fingers, winking her eyes, opening and shutting her mouth, laughing or smiling, and a thousand other signs, so that it was not long until they understood each other very well. **Who acts:** priest, mouth, eyes · **What happens:** have, mean, talk, carry, move, wink · **To what, where:** other, sort, hand, eyes, mouth, each This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (priest, mouth, eyes), 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:pg7885:5:72 # text = Since she had no other means of talking, she carried on a sort of conversation between herself and himself, by moving her hand and fingers, winking her eyes, opening and shutting her mouth, laughing or smiling, and a thousand other signs, so that it was not long until they understood each other very well. 1 Since since SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 csubj _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 between between ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 by by SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 winking wink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 shutting shut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 46 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 54 mark _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 fixed _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 55 until until SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 58 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 57 obj _ _ 59 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 fixed _ _ 60 very very ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | priest | no other | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **talk** | gerund | priest *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **carry** | past | priest | | | a sort of conversation | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **move** | gerund | priest *not said here* | priest's hand and fingers | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 6 | **wink** | gerund | priest *not said here* | priest's eyes | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 7 | **open** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **shut** | gerund | | priest's mouth | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient | | 9 | **laugh** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **smile** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **is** | past | mouth | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **understand** | past | eyes *= eye* | each | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | | 13 | **sort** | | | conversation | | | | | nom sort «cognition 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/73/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)