Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XII, sentence 7
The Chain of Silence was shaken by the attendant whose duty and honour was the Silver Chain, and at that delicate chime the halt went silent, and a general wonder ensued as to what matter the High King would submit to his people.
Who acts: attendant, duty, halt, general wonder, High King · What happens: shake, be, go, ensue, matter, submit · To what, where: Chain, Silver Chain, delicate chime
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (attendant, duty, halt, general wonder), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Chain | det |
| 2 | Chain | Chain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 shaken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Silence | case |
| 4 | Silence | Silence | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Chain | nmod |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 shaken | aux:pass |
| 6 | shaken | shake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 attendant | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 attendant | det |
| 9 | attendant | attendant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shaken | obl |
| 10 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 11 duty | nmod:poss |
| 11 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Chain | nsubj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 honour | cc |
| 13 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 duty | conj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 Chain | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Chain | det |
| 16 | Silver | Silver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Chain | compound |
| 17 | Chain | Chain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 attendant | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 went | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 went | cc |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 chime | case |
| 21 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 chime | det |
| 22 | delicate | delicate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 chime | amod |
| 23 | chime | chime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 went | obl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 halt | det |
| 25 | halt | halt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 went | nsubj |
| 26 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 shaken | conj |
| 27 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 went | xcomp |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 ensued | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 ensued | cc |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 wonder | det |
| 31 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 wonder | amod |
| 32 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 ensued | nsubj |
| 33 | ensued | ensue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 shaken | conj |
| 34 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 36 what | case |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 as | fixed |
| 36 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 ensued | obl |
| 37 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 what | acl:relcl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 King | det |
| 39 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 King | amod |
| 40 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 submit | nsubj |
| 41 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 submit | aux |
| 42 | submit | submit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 matter | advcl |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 people | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 people | nmod:poss |
| 45 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 submit | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 shaken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past · passive | the attendant and the Silver Chain | the Chain of Silence | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the Silver Chain's duty and honour | the Silver Chain | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | past | the halt | that delicate chime | silent property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at chime=Location | |||
| 4 | ensue | participle | a general wonder | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | matter | present | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 6 | submit | would | the High King | to King's people | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to people=Pivot |
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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