Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XI, sentence 10

On a road again the learned men of Leinster, each with an idea in his head that would discomfit a northern ollav and make a southern one gape and fidget, would be marching solemnly, each by a horse that was piled high on the back and widely at the sides with clean-peeled willow or oaken wands, that were carved from the top to the bottom with the ogham signs; the first lines of poems (for it was an offence against wisdom to commit more than initial lines to writing), the names and dates of kings, the procession of laws of Tara and of the sub-kingdoms, the names of places and their meanings.

Who acts: that, ollav, laws, roads · What happens: learn, discomfit, make, march, pile, peel · To what, where: northern ollav, southern one gape, each, horse, back, oaken wands

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XI. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, ollav, laws, roads), 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 road	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 road	det
3	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	again	again	ADV	_	3 road	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 men	det
6	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 men	amod
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 road	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Leinster	case
9	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 men	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 each	punct
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 idea	det
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 idea	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 idea	det
14	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 men	parataxis
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 head	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 head	nmod:poss
17	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 idea	nmod
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 discomfit	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 discomfit	aux
20	discomfit	discomfit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 idea	parataxis
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 ollav	det
22	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 ollav	amod
23	ollav	ollav	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 discomfit	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 make	cc
25	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 discomfit	conj
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 gape	det
27	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 gape	amod
28	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 gape	compound
29	gape	gape	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 make	obj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 fidget	cc
31	fidget	fidget	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 gape	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 marching	punct
33	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 marching	aux
34	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 marching	aux
35	marching	march	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 discomfit	advcl
36	solemnly	solemnly	ADV	_	35 marching	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 each	punct
38	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	35 marching	obl
39	by	by	ADP	_	41 horse	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 horse	det
41	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 marching	obl
42	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 piled	nsubj:pass
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 piled	aux:pass
44	piled	pile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 horse	acl:relcl
45	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 piled	xcomp
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 back	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 back	det
48	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 piled	obl
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 sides	cc
50	widely	widely	ADV	_	53 sides	advmod
51	at	at	ADP	_	53 sides	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 sides	det
53	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 back	conj
54	with	with	ADP	_	58 willow	case
55	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 willow	amod
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 clean	punct
57	peeled	peel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 willow	amod
58	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 sides	nmod
59	or	or	CCONJ	_	61 wands	cc
60	oaken	oaken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 wands	amod
61	wands	wand	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 willow	conj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 carved	punct
63	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 carved	nsubj:pass
64	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 carved	aux:pass
65	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 wands	acl
66	from	from	ADP	_	68 top	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 top	det
68	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 carved	obl
69	to	to	ADP	_	71 bottom	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 bottom	det
71	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 carved	obl
72	with	with	ADP	_	75 signs	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 signs	det
74	ogham	ogham	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 signs	compound
75	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 bottom	nmod
76	;	;	PUNCT	_	79 lines	punct
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 lines	det
78	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	79 lines	amod
79	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 discomfit	obl
80	of	of	ADP	_	81 poems	case
81	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 lines	nmod
82	(	(	PUNCT	_	87 offence	punct
83	for	for	ADP	_	87 offence	case
84	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	87 offence	nsubj
85	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 offence	cop
86	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 offence	det
87	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 poems	nmod
88	against	against	ADP	_	89 wisdom	case
89	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 offence	nmod
90	to	to	PART	_	91 commit	mark
91	commit	commit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	87 offence	acl
92	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	91 commit	obj
93	than	than	ADP	_	95 lines	case
94	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 lines	amod
95	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 more	obl
96	to	to	ADP	_	97 writing	case
97	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 lines	nmod
98	)	)	PUNCT	_	87 offence	punct
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 names	punct
100	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	101 names	det
101	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 poems	conj
102	and	and	CCONJ	_	103 dates	cc
103	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 poems	conj
104	of	of	ADP	_	105 kings	case
105	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	103 dates	nmod
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 procession	punct
107	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	108 procession	det
108	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 lines	nmod
109	of	of	ADP	_	110 laws	case
110	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	108 procession	nmod
111	of	of	ADP	_	112 Tara	case
112	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	110 laws	nmod
113	and	and	CCONJ	_	116 sub-kingdoms	cc
114	of	of	ADP	_	116 sub-kingdoms	case
115	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	116 sub-kingdoms	det
116	sub-kingdoms	sub-kingdom	NOUN	Number=Plur	112 Tara	conj
117	,	,	PUNCT	_	119 names	punct
118	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	119 names	det
119	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 lines	conj
120	of	of	ADP	_	121 places	case
121	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	119 names	nmod
122	and	and	CCONJ	_	124 meanings	cc
123	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	124 meanings	nmod:poss
124	meanings	meaning	NOUN	Number=Plur	121 places	conj
125	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 road	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	learn	participle					vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	discomfit	would	that	a northern ollav		the first lines of poems and the names and dates of kings the procession of laws of Tara and the sub-kingdoms and the names of places and roads's meanings obl	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ollav=Experiencer
3	make	infinitive	that not said here	a southern one gape and fidget			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gape=Product
4	march	would · progressive	that not said here	each		by a horse; solemnly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by horse=Trajectory
5	pile	past · passive		a horse	the back and the sides with clean peeled willow or oaken wands	high property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on back=Destination
6	peel	participle					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	carve	past · passive		oaken wands	the top	to the bottom with the ogham signs	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from top=Material
8	is	past	ollav			for a offence; against wisdom	tree rules
9	commit	to-infinitive	that not said here	more			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
10	proceed		laws of Tara and the sub-kingdoms				nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent
11	name			places and roads's meanings			nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient
12	mean		roads = road				nom meaning «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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