Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 69
“It was given to Fionn, the son of Uail, the son of Baiscne, and it will be given to him.”
What happens: give · To what, where: omission, Fionn, Baiscne
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: 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 given | aux:pass |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Fionn | case |
| 6 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 son | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 son | det |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Fionn | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Uail | case |
| 11 | Uail | Uail | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 son | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 son | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 son | det |
| 14 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Uail | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Baiscne | case |
| 16 | Baiscne | Baiscne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 son | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 given | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 given | cc |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 given | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 given | aux |
| 21 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 given | aux:pass |
| 22 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 given | conj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 given | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
| 26 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | past · passive | omission | Fionn | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to fionn=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | give in a quote | future · passive | omission | Baiscne | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient |
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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