Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 8

They held out nets for me; they hid traps under leaves; they made cords of the colour of water, of the colour of weeds--but this salmon had a nose that knew how a weed felt and how a string--they drifted meat on a sightless string, but I knew of the hook; they thrust spears at me, and threw lances which they drew back again with a cord.

Who acts: men, salmon, nose, I · What happens: hold out, hide, make, have, know, drift · To what, where: nets, traps, leaves, cords, nose, meat

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter X. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, salmon, nose, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 held	compound:prt
4	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 held	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 me	case
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 nets	nmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 hid	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hid	nsubj
9	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 held	conj
10	traps	trap	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hid	obj
11	under	under	ADP	_	12 leaves	case
12	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hid	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	nsubj
15	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 held	conj
16	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 made	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 colour	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 colour	det
19	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cords	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 water	case
21	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 colour	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 colour	punct
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 colour	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 colour	det
25	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 weeds	case
27	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 colour	nmod
28	--	--	PUNCT	_	32 had	punct
29	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 had	cc
30	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 salmon	det
31	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 had	nsubj
32	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 held	conj
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 nose	det
34	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 had	obj
35	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 knew	nsubj
36	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 nose	acl:relcl
37	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	36 knew	conj
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 felt	det
39	weed	weed	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 felt	compound
40	felt	felt	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 how	nsubj
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 how	cc
42	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	40 felt	conj
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 string	det
44	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 how	nsubj
45	--	--	PUNCT	_	47 drifted	punct
46	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 drifted	nsubj
47	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 string	acl:relcl
48	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 drifted	obj
49	on	on	ADP	_	52 string	case
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 string	det
51	sightless	sightless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 string	amod
52	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 drifted	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 knew	punct
54	but	but	CCONJ	_	56 knew	cc
55	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 knew	nsubj
56	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 drifted	parataxis
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 hook	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 hook	det
59	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 knew	obl
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 thrust	punct
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 thrust	nsubj
62	thrust	thrust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 knew	conj
63	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 thrust	obj
64	at	at	ADP	_	65 me	case
65	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 thrust	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 threw	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 threw	cc
68	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 thrust	parataxis
69	lances	lance	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 threw	obj
70	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	72 drew	obj
71	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 drew	nsubj
72	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 lances	acl:relcl
73	back	back	ADV	_	74 again	advmod
74	again	again	ADV	_	72 drew	advmod
75	with	with	ADP	_	77 cord	case
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 cord	det
77	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 drew	obl
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 held	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold out	past	men = man	nets			for me	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme
2	hide	past	men = man	traps	leaves			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent trap=Patient under leaf=Location
3	make	past	men = man	cords of the colour of water			of the colour of weeds	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cord=Product
4	have	past	this salmon	a nose				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient
5	know	past	a nose					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	drift	past	men = man	meat	a sightless string			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent meat=Theme on string=Trajectory
7	know	past	I				of the hook	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of hook=Stimulus
8	thrust	past	men = man	spears			at me	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme
9	throw	past		lances				vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lance=Theme
10	draw back	past	men = man	lances		again	with a cord	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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: «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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