Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 7

It was the only way they could get rid of such a man; but it was not an easy way, for what Fionn’s father did not know in arms could not be taught to him even by Morna.

Who acts: last, way, father, Morna · What happens: be, get, not be, not know, not teach · To what, where: only way, easy way, father, arms · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last, way, father, Morna), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 way	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl:relcl
9	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 man	case
11	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	13 man	det:predet
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 man	det
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rid	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 way	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 way	cc
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 way	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 way	cop
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 way	advmod
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 way	det
20	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 way	amod
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 way	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 know	punct
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 what	case
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 know	obj
25	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 father	nmod:poss
26	’s	's	PART	_	25 Fionn	case
27	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 know	nsubj
28	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 know	aux
29	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	30 know	advmod
30	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	parataxis
31	in	in	ADP	_	32 arms	case
32	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 taught	obl
33	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 taught	aux
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	36 taught	advmod
35	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	36 taught	aux:pass
36	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 know	ccomp
37	to	to	ADP	_	38 him	case
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 taught	obl
39	even	even	ADV	_	41 Morna	advmod
40	by	by	ADP	_	41 Morna	case
41	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 taught	obl
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	last	the only way but a easy way				tree rules
2	get	could	way	the only way but a easy way not said here			rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus
3	not is a	past	last	a easy way				tree rules
4	not know	past · do-support	Fionn's father	the only way but a easy way				tree rules
5	not teach speech: other	could · passive	Morna		father	arms		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient

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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