--- title: When I was going on the top of the shore, I saw as if there were a s… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When I was going on the top of the shore, I saw as if there were a smoke coming up between two rocks, and I began to look what might be the meaning of the smoke coming up there. Who acts: I, smoke. 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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 (I, smoke), 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:pg7885:9:109 # text = When I was going on the top of the shore, I saw as if there were a smoke coming up between two rocks, and I began to look what might be the meaning of the smoke coming up there. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 20 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 up up ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 between between ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 up up ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | I | | | the top of the shore | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on top=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a smoke | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come up** | gerund | a smoke *not said here* | | | two rocks | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between rock=Location | | 5 | **begin** | past | I | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **look** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | might | | the meaning | | | | of the smoke | tree rules | | 8 | **come up** | gerund | the smoke *not said here* | | | there | | | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/110/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)