Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VIII, sentence 35

Able as he was in sports and huntings, he was yet too young to be politic, but he remained impolitic to the end of his days, for whatever he was able to do he would do, no matter who was offended thereat; and whatever he was not able to do he would do also.

Who acts: King, matter · What happens: be, remain, do, not be

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VIII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, matter), 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	Able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	as	as	ADP	_	6 sports	case
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sports	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sports	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 sports	case
6	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Able	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 huntings	cc
8	huntings	hunting	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sports	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 young	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 young	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 young	cop
12	yet	yet	ADV	_	14 young	advmod
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 young	advmod
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Able	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	17 politic	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 politic	cop
17	politic	politic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 young	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 remained	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 remained	cc
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 remained	nsubj
21	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 politic	conj
22	impolitic	impolitic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 remained	xcomp
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 end	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 end	det
25	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 remained	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 days	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 days	nmod:poss
28	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 end	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 whatever	punct
30	for	for	ADP	_	31 whatever	case
31	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 remained	parataxis
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 able	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 able	cop
34	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 whatever	acl:relcl
35	to	to	PART	_	36 do	mark
36	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 able	xcomp
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 do	nsubj
38	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 do	aux
39	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 do	ccomp
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 matter	punct
41	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	42 matter	det
42	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 whatever	appos
43	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 offended	nsubj
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 offended	cop
45	offended	offended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 matter	amod
46	thereat	thereat	ADV	_	45 offended	advmod
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 able	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 whatever	cc
49	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 able	advcl
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 able	nsubj
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 able	cop
52	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	53 able	advmod
53	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Able	conj
54	to	to	PART	_	55 do	mark
55	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 able	xcomp
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 do	nsubj
57	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 do	aux
58	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 do	ccomp
59	also	also	ADV	_	58 do	advmod
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Able	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	King		as sports and huntings	tree rules
2	is	past	King	yet	young property	tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	King not said here		politic property	tree rules
4	remain	past	King	to the end of King's days	impolitic property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	past	King		able property	tree rules
6	do	to-infinitive	King not said here			tree rules
7	do	would	King			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	is	past	no matter		offended, thereat property	tree rules
9	not is	past	King		able property	tree rules
10	do	to-infinitive	King not said here			tree rules
11	do	would	King			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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