Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XI, sentence 32
Nor did his herald, nor did the unfortunate Master, nor did anybody; for the eyes of all were now turned where the king’s went.
Who acts: Nor · What happens: do, turn, go · To what, where: herald, unfortunate Master, anybody, eyes
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 (Nor), 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 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 herald | nmod:poss |
| 4 | herald | herald | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| 6 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 did | cc |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Master | det |
| 9 | unfortunate | unfortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Master | amod |
| 10 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 did | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 did | punct |
| 12 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 13 did | cc |
| 13 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | conj |
| 14 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 did | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 eyes | punct |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 eyes | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 eyes | det |
| 18 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 turned | nsubj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 all | case |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 eyes | nmod |
| 21 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 turned | aux:pass |
| 22 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 turned | advmod |
| 23 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 did | advcl |
| 24 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 28 went | advmod |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 king | det |
| 26 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 went | nmod:poss |
| 27 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 26 king | case |
| 28 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 turned | parataxis |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Nor | Nor's herald | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herald=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | do | past | Nor not said here | the unfortunate Master | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | do | past | Nor not said here | anybody | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anybody=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | turn | past · passive | the eyes of all | now | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | go | past | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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