Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XIII, sentence 7

The long-drawn moan of it; the thrilling whisper and hush; the shrill, sweet whistle, so thin it can scarcely be heard, and is taken more by the nerves than by the ear; the screech, sudden as a devil’s yell and loud as ten thunders; the cry as of one who flies with backward look to the shelter of leaves and darkness; and the sob as of one stricken with an age-long misery, only at times remembered, but remembered then with what a pang!

Who acts: nerves, note, devil · What happens: draw, thrill, hear, take, fly, remember · To what, where: note, times

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XIII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nerves, note, devil), 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	5 moan	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 moan	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 moan	amod
5	moan	moan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 moan	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 whisper	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 whisper	det
10	thrilling	thrill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 whisper	amod
11	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moan	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hush	cc
13	hush	hush	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 whisper	conj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 whistle	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 whistle	det
16	shrill	shrill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 whistle	amod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 shrill	punct
18	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 whistle	amod
19	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 whisper	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 thin	punct
21	so	so	ADV	_	22 thin	advmod
22	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 whistle	amod
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 heard	nsubj
24	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 heard	aux
25	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	_	27 heard	advmod
26	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 heard	aux:pass
27	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 thin	parataxis
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 taken	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 taken	cc
30	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 taken	aux:pass
31	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 heard	conj
32	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	31 taken	advmod
33	by	by	ADP	_	35 nerves	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 nerves	det
35	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 taken	obl
36	than	than	ADP	_	39 ear	case
37	by	by	ADP	_	39 ear	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 ear	det
39	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 taken	obl
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 screech	punct
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 screech	det
42	screech	screech	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 whistle	conj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 sudden	punct
44	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 screech	amod
45	as	as	ADP	_	49 yell	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 devil	det
47	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 yell	nmod:poss
48	’s	's	PART	_	47 devil	case
49	yell	yell	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 sudden	obl
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 loud	cc
51	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 yell	conj
52	as	as	ADP	_	54 thunders	case
53	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	54 thunders	nummod
54	thunders	thunder	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 loud	obl
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 cry	punct
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 cry	det
57	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 whistle	conj
58	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	60 one	case
59	of	of	ADP	_	58 as	fixed
60	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	57 cry	nmod
61	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	62 flies	nsubj
62	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 one	acl:relcl
63	with	with	ADP	_	65 look	case
64	backward	backward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 look	amod
65	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 flies	obl
66	to	to	ADP	_	68 shelter	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 shelter	det
68	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 look	nmod
69	of	of	ADP	_	70 leaves	case
70	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 shelter	nmod
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 darkness	cc
72	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 leaves	conj
73	;	;	PUNCT	_	76 sob	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 sob	cc
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 sob	det
76	sob	sob	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moan	conj
77	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	79 one	case
78	of	of	ADP	_	77 as	fixed
79	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	76 sob	nmod
80	stricken	stricken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 one	amod
81	with	with	ADP	_	86 misery	case
82	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	86 misery	det
83	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 long	compound
84	-	-	PUNCT	_	83 age	punct
85	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 misery	amod
86	misery	misery	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 stricken	obl
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 times	punct
88	only	only	ADV	_	90 times	advmod
89	at	at	ADP	_	90 times	case
90	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 misery	appos
91	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	90 times	acl
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 remembered	punct
93	but	but	CCONJ	_	94 remembered	cc
94	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 remembered	conj
95	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	94 remembered	advmod
96	with	with	ADP	_	97 what	case
97	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	94 remembered	obl
98	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	99 pang	det
99	pang	pang	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 what	nsubj
100	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 moan	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	thrill	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	hear	can · passive		note		scarcely property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
4	take	present · passive	the nerves			than the ear	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	fly	present				with backward look to the shelter of leaves and darkness	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	remember	participle		times not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
7	remember	past			then		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
8	moan		note				nom moan «communication intransitive»: of=agent
9	yell		a devil				nom yell «communication intransitive»: 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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