Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 5

But he could not often make these sleepy sallies; his master was too experienced a teacher to allow any such bright-faced, eager-eyed abstractions, and as the druid women had switched his legs around a tree, so Finegas chased his mind, demanding sense in his questions and understanding in his replies.

Who acts: Life, master, Finegas · What happens: not make, be, allow, switch, chase, demand · To what, where: sleepy sallies, such eyed abstractions, druid women, tree, mind, sense

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 (Life, master, Finegas), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 make	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 make	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 make	advmod
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 make	advmod
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 sallies	det
8	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sallies	amod
9	sallies	sally	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 experienced	punct
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 master	nmod:poss
12	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 experienced	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 experienced	cop
14	too	too	ADV	_	15 experienced	advmod
15	experienced	experienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	parataxis
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 teacher	det
17	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 experienced	nsubj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 allow	mark
19	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 experienced	parataxis
20	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	29 abstractions	det
21	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 abstractions	amod
22	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 faced	amod
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 bright	punct
24	faced	faced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 such	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 such	punct
26	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 eyed	amod
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 eager	punct
28	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 abstractions	amod
29	abstractions	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 allow	iobj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 switched	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 switched	cc
32	as	as	SCONJ	_	37 switched	mark
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 women	det
34	druid	druid	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 women	compound
35	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 switched	nsubj:pass
36	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 switched	aux
37	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 make	conj
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 legs	nmod:poss
39	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 switched	obj
40	around	around	ADP	_	42 tree	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 tree	det
42	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 switched	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 chased	punct
44	so	so	ADV	_	46 chased	advmod
45	Finegas	Finegas	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 chased	nsubj
46	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 switched	advcl
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 mind	nmod:poss
48	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 chased	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 demanding	punct
50	demanding	demand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 chased	advcl
51	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 demanding	obj
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 questions	case
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 questions	nmod:poss
54	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 demanding	obl
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 understanding	cc
56	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 questions	conj
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 replies	case
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 replies	nmod:poss
59	replies	reply	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 understanding	nmod
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not make	could	Life	this sleepy sallies			often property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sally=Product
2	is	past	Life's master				experienced property	tree rules
3	allow	to-infinitive			any such eyed abstractions			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abstraction=Beneficiary
4	switch	past · perfect · passive		the druid women		a tree		tree rules
5	chase	past	Finegas	Life's mind				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Theme
6	demand speech: request	gerund	Finegas not said here	sense		Life's questions and understanding in Life's replies		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sense=Precondition
7	mind		Life					nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
8	question		Life					nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent
9	reply		Life					nom reply «communication 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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