--- title: I was swift enough and strong at that time; and when I felt the rust… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I was swift enough and strong at that time; and when I felt the rustling toirm of the cats after me I climbed into as high a tree as I saw in the place, and one that was close in the top; and I hid myself as well as I might. Who acts: I. 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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), 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:pg7885:9:86 # text = I was swift enough and strong at that time; and when I felt the rustling toirm of the cats after me I climbed into as high a tree as I saw in the place, and one that was close in the top; and I hid myself as well as I might. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 enough enough ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 rustling rustle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 toirm toirm NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 49 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obj _ _ 50 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 48 advmod _ _ 51 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 fixed _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | | enough, swift *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | I *not said here* | | | | time | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | past | I | the rustling toirm of the cats | | | after me | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toirm=Theme | | 4 | **rustle** | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **climb** | past | I | | | a high tree | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Destination | | 6 | **see** | past | I | one | | the place | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | the top | | close *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **hide** | past | I | myself | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/87/) - ↑ back to [Conall Yellowclaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/)