Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VIII, sentence 61
As for Muirne she must have loved her lord; or she may have been terrified in truth of the sons of Morna and for Fionn; but it is so also, that if a woman loves her second husband she can dislike all that reminds her of the first one.
Who acts: Muirne, truth, woman, that · What happens: love, terrify, be, dislike, remind · To what, where: lord, Muirne, truth, second husband, woman
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 (Muirne, truth, woman, 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 Muirne | case |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 Muirne | case |
| 3 | Muirne | Muirne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 loved | obl |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 loved | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 loved | aux |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 loved | aux |
| 7 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 lord | nmod:poss |
| 9 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loved | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 terrified | punct |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 terrified | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 terrified | nsubj |
| 13 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 terrified | aux |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 terrified | aux |
| 15 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 terrified | aux:pass |
| 16 | terrified | terrify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 loved | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 truth | case |
| 18 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 terrified | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 sons | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 sons | det |
| 21 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 truth | nmod |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Morna | case |
| 23 | Morna | Morna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 sons | nmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 Fionn | cc |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 Fionn | case |
| 26 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Morna | conj |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 also | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 also | cc |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 also | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 also | cop |
| 31 | so | so | ADV | _ | 32 also | advmod |
| 32 | also | also | ADV | _ | 7 loved | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 dislike | punct |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 dislike | mark |
| 35 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 38 loves | mark |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 woman | det |
| 37 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 loves | nsubj |
| 38 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 dislike | advcl |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 husband | nmod:poss |
| 40 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 41 husband | amod |
| 41 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 loves | obj |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 dislike | nsubj |
| 43 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 dislike | aux |
| 44 | dislike | dislike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 loved | conj |
| 45 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 47 reminds | det:predet |
| 46 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 reminds | nsubj |
| 47 | reminds | remind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 dislike | advcl |
| 48 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 reminds | obj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 one | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 one | det |
| 51 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 52 one | amod |
| 52 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 reminds | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 loved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | must · perfect | Muirne | Muirne's lord | as Muirne | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | terrify | may · perfect · passive | Muirne | truth of the sons of Morna and Fionn | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | present | truth | also property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | love a condition, not said to happen | present | a woman | Morna's second husband | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | dislike | can | woman | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | remind speech: other | present | that | woman | of the first one | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient of one=Topic |
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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