--- title: He remembered then, suddenly, that it was one November night that he… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He remembered then, suddenly, that it was one November night that he was standing at the gable of the house, when the whirlwind came, and the sheehogues in it, and he said to himself: "We have November night again to-day, and I'll stand in the same place I was last year, until I see if the good peop --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/78/) [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/) / 78 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 78 He remembered then, suddenly, that it was one November night that he was standing at the gable of the house, when the whirlwind came, and the sheehogues in it, and he said to himself: "We have November night again to-day, and I'll stand in the same place I was last year, until I see if the good people come again. **Who acts:** Guleesh, sea, whirlwind, We, good people · **What happens:** remember, be, stand, come, say, have · **To what, where:** one, gable, sheehogues, Guleesh, same place, last year · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Guleesh, sea, whirlwind, We), 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:pg7885:5:78 # text = He remembered then, suddenly, that it was one November night that he was standing at the gable of the house, when the whirlwind came, and the sheehogues in it, and he said to himself: "We have November night again to-day, and I'll stand in the same place I was last year, until I see if the good people come again. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 November November PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 gable gable NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 whirlwind whirlwind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sheehogues sheehogue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 44 November November PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 parataxis _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 until until SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 65 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 67 if if SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nsubj _ _ 71 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 advcl _ _ 72 again again ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | Guleesh | | | | then; night | suddenly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | sea | one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | Guleesh | | | the gable of the house | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gable=Location | | 4 | **come** | past | the whirlwind | the sheehogues in sea | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Guleesh | | Guleesh | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | We | | | | again; night | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **stand** *in a quote* | future | Guleesh | | | the same place | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Guleesh | last year | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Guleesh | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the good people | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/79/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/)