Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IX, sentence 36

In return for instruction Fionn had taken over the service of his master’s hut, and as he went about the household duties, drawing the water, lighting the fire, and carrying rushes for the floor and the beds, he thought over all the poet had taught him, and his mind dwelt on the rules of metre, the cunningness of words, and the need for a clean, brave mind.

Who acts: Fionn, mind, poet, metre · What happens: take, go, draw, light, carry, think · To what, where: Fionn, return, water, fire, rushes, poet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fionn, mind, poet, metre), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 return	case
2	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taken	obl
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 instruction	case
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 return	nmod
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 taken	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	aux
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 service	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 service	det
10	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taken	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 hut	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 master	nmod:poss
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hut	nmod:poss
14	’s	's	PART	_	13 master	case
15	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 service	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 went	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 went	cc
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 went	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 went	nsubj
20	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	conj
21	about	about	ADP	_	24 duties	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 duties	det
23	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 duties	compound
24	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 went	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 drawing	punct
26	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 went	advcl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 water	det
28	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 drawing	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 lighting	punct
30	lighting	light	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 drawing	conj
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 fire	det
32	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 lighting	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 carrying	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 carrying	cc
35	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 drawing	conj
36	rushes	rush	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 carrying	obj
37	for	for	ADP	_	39 floor	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 floor	det
39	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 carrying	obl
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 beds	cc
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 beds	det
42	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 floor	conj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 thought	punct
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 thought	nsubj
45	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	advcl
46	over	over	SCONJ	_	51 taught	mark
47	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	49 poet	det:predet
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 poet	det
49	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 taught	nsubj:pass
50	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 taught	aux
51	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 thought	ccomp
52	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 taught	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 dwelt	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 dwelt	cc
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 mind	nmod:poss
56	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 dwelt	nsubj
57	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 thought	parataxis
58	on	on	ADP	_	60 rules	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 rules	det
60	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 dwelt	obl
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 metre	case
62	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 rules	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 cunningness	punct
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 cunningness	det
65	cunningness	cunningness	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 metre	appos
66	of	of	ADP	_	67 words	case
67	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 cunningness	nmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 need	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 need	cc
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 need	det
71	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 dwelt	conj
72	for	for	ADP	_	77 mind	case
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 mind	det
74	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 mind	amod
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 clean	punct
76	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 mind	amod
77	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 need	nmod
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 taken	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past · perfect · passive		Fionn		return for instruction	over the service of Fionn's master's hut	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in return=Location
2	go	past	Fionn				about the household duties	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about duty=Location
3	draw	gerund	Fionn not said here	the water				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
4	light	gerund	Fionn not said here	the fire				vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
5	carry	gerund	Fionn not said here	rushes			for the floor and the beds	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rush=Theme
6	think speech: other	past	Fionn					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	teach speech: other	past · perfect · passive		all poet	Fionn			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic
8	dwell	past	poet's mind			the rules of metre		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rule=Location
9	service			Fionn's master's hut				nom service «act transitive»: of=patient
10	mind		poet					nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
11	rule		metre					nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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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