Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IV, sentence 34

One of the ladies may have said, “He is shaping very well, my dear,” and the other replied, as is the morose privilege of an aunt, “He will never be as good as his father,” but their hearts must have overflowed in the night, in the silence, in the darkness, when they thought of the living swiftness they had fashioned, and that dear fair head.

Who acts: Fionn, ladies, that · What happens: say, shape, reply, be, not be, overflow · To what, where: One, other, hearts, living swiftness · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fionn, ladies, that), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 said	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 ladies	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ladies	det
4	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 said	aux
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	aux
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shaping	punct
9	“	"	PUNCT	_	12 shaping	punct
10	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shaping	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 shaping	aux
12	shaping	shape	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 said	advcl
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 well	advmod
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 shaping	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dear	punct
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 dear	nmod:poss
17	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shaping	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dear	punct
19	”	"	PUNCT	_	12 shaping	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 replied	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 other	det
22	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 replied	obl:unmarked
23	replied	reply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 shaping	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 privilege	punct
25	as	as	ADP	_	29 privilege	case
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 privilege	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 privilege	det
28	morose	morose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 privilege	amod
29	privilege	privilege	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	parataxis
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 aunt	case
31	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 aunt	det
32	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 privilege	nmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 good	punct
34	“	"	PUNCT	_	40 good	punct
35	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 good	nsubj
36	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 good	aux
37	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	40 good	advmod
38	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 good	cop
39	as	as	ADV	_	40 good	advmod
40	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 privilege	parataxis
41	as	as	ADP	_	43 father	case
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 father	nmod:poss
43	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 good	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 father	punct
45	”	"	PUNCT	_	40 good	punct
46	but	but	CCONJ	_	51 overflowed	cc
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 hearts	nmod:poss
48	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 overflowed	nsubj:pass
49	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 overflowed	aux
50	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	51 overflowed	aux
51	overflowed	overflow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 good	conj
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 night	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 night	det
54	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 overflowed	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 silence	punct
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 silence	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 silence	det
58	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 good	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 darkness	punct
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 darkness	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 darkness	det
62	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 silence	appos
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 thought	punct
64	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	66 thought	advmod
65	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 thought	nsubj
66	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 darkness	acl:relcl
67	of	of	ADP	_	70 swiftness	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 swiftness	det
69	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 swiftness	compound
70	swiftness	swiftness	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 thought	obl
71	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 had	nsubj
72	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 swiftness	acl:relcl
73	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 had	xcomp
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 head	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 head	cc
76	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	79 head	nsubj
77	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 head	amod
78	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 head	amod
79	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	parataxis
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	may · perfect · passive		One of the ladies			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	shape in a quote	present · progressive	Fionn			well property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	reply speech: assert	participle	Fionn not said here	the other			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present				as the morose privilege; of a aunt	tree rules
5	not is in a quote	future	Fionn			as Fionn's father; good property	tree rules
6	overflow	must · perfect · passive		ladies's hearts	night		tree rules
7	think speech: other	past	ladies = lady			of the living swiftness	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	have	past	ladies = lady	the living swiftness not said here		fashioned property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swiftness=Patient
9	head		that				tree rules

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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