Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 2
As the day packed its load of strength into his frame, so it added its store of knowledge to his mind, and each night sealed the twain, for it is in the night that we make secure what we have gathered in the day.
Who acts: interest, night, we, Life · What happens: pack, add, seal, be, make, gather · To what, where: load, frame, store, twain, night
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter X. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (interest, night, we, Life), 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 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 packed | obl |
| 4 | packed | pack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 load | nmod:poss |
| 6 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 packed | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 strength | case |
| 8 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 load | nmod |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 frame | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 frame | nmod:poss |
| 11 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 packed | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 added | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 added | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 added | nsubj |
| 15 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 packed | conj |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 store | nmod:poss |
| 17 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 added | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 knowledge | case |
| 19 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 store | nmod |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 mind | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 mind | nmod:poss |
| 22 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 added | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 sealed | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 sealed | cc |
| 25 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 night | det |
| 26 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sealed | nsubj |
| 27 | sealed | seal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 packed | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 twain | det |
| 29 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sealed | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 night | punct |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 night | case |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 night | nsubj |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 night | cop |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 night | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 night | det |
| 36 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sealed | obl:unmarked |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 make | obj |
| 38 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 make | nsubj |
| 39 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 night | acl:relcl |
| 40 | secure | secure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 make | xcomp |
| 41 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 44 gathered | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 gathered | nsubj |
| 43 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 gathered | aux |
| 44 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 secure | acl:relcl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 day | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 day | det |
| 47 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 gathered | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 packed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | past | interest's load of strength | Life's frame | day | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent load=Theme into frame=Destination | |||
| 2 | add speech: assert | past | interest | interest's store of knowledge | to Life's mind | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent store=Patient to mind=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | seal | past | each night | the twain | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twain=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is | present | interest | for the night | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | make | present | we | the night | secure property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product | |||
| 6 | gather | present · perfect · passive | day | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 7 | mind | Life | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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