Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IX, sentence 17

The sound of the rivers of Ireland racing down to the sea came to me in the last numb effort: the love of Ireland bore me up: the gods of the rivers trod to me in the white-curled breakers, so that I left the sea at long, long last; and I lay in sweet water in the curve of a crannied rock, exhausted, three parts dead, triumphant.”

Who acts: rivers, sound, love, gods, I · What happens: race down, come, bear up, tread, curl, leave · To what, where: sea, me, last numb effort, curled breakers, long last, three parts

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rivers, sound, love, gods), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rivers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rivers	det
5	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sound	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Ireland	case
7	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rivers	nmod
8	racing	race	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 rivers	acl
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 racing	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 racing	obl
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 me	case
15	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 came	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 effort	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 effort	det
18	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 effort	amod
19	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 effort	amod
20	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	obl
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	26 bore	punct
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 love	det
23	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 bore	nsubj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Ireland	case
25	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 love	nmod
26	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 effort	conj
27	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 bore	obj
28	up	up	ADP	_	26 bore	compound:prt
29	:	:	PUNCT	_	31 gods	punct
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 gods	det
31	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 trod	nsubj
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 rivers	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 rivers	det
34	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 gods	nmod
35	trod	tread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 came	parataxis
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 me	case
37	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 trod	obl
38	in	in	ADP	_	43 breakers	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 breakers	det
40	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 curled	compound
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 white	punct
42	curled	curl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 breakers	amod
43	breakers	breaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 trod	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 left	punct
45	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	48 left	mark
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 so	fixed
47	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 left	nsubj
48	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 trod	conj
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 sea	det
50	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 left	obj
51	at	at	ADP	_	55 last	case
52	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 last	nsubj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 long	punct
54	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 last	amod
55	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 left	obl
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 lay	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 lay	cc
58	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 lay	nsubj
59	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 came	parataxis
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 water	case
61	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 water	amod
62	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 lay	obl
63	in	in	ADP	_	65 curve	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 curve	det
65	curve	curve	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 lay	obl
66	of	of	ADP	_	69 rock	case
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 rock	det
68	crannied	cranny	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	69 rock	amod
69	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 curve	nmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 exhausted	punct
71	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 curve	acl:relcl
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 parts	punct
73	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	74 parts	nummod
74	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 lay	obl
75	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 parts	amod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 triumphant	punct
77	triumphant	triumphant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 dead	conj
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	59 lay	punct
79	”	"	PUNCT	_	13 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	race down	gerund	the rivers of Ireland not said here			the sea	down property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sea=Destination
2	come	past	the sound of the rivers of Ireland		me	the last numb effort		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial_Location
3	bear up	past	the love of Ireland	me				vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient
4	tread	past	the gods of the rivers		me	the curled breakers		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to i=Destination
5	curl	participle						vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme
6	leave	past	I	the sea		long last		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sea=Theme at last=Location
7	lay	present	I	three parts		sweet water	in the curve of a crannied rock	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in water=Destination
8	cranny	participle						tree rules
9	exhaust	participle		the curve of a crannied rock not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
10	love			Ireland				nom love «feeling 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: «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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