Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XIV, sentence 17

Rather he stopped it, for it slid from the mantle and sped down into the earth to the depth of twenty-six spans; from which that slope is still called the Glen of the Mantle, and the rise on which Aillen stood is known as the Ard of Fire.

Who acts: Rather, flame, Aillen · What happens: stop, slide, speed down, call, stand, know · To what, where: flame, mantle, earth, slope, rise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XIV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rather, flame, Aillen), 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	Rather	rather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stopped	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 slid	punct
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 slid	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 slid	nsubj
8	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stopped	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 mantle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mantle	det
11	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slid	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sped	cc
13	sped	speed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 slid	conj
14	down	down	ADV	_	13 sped	advmod
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 earth	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 earth	det
17	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sped	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 depth	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 depth	det
20	depth	depth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 earth	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	25 spans	case
22	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 six	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 twenty	punct
24	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 spans	nummod
25	spans	span	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 depth	nmod
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 called	punct
27	from	from	ADP	_	28 which	case
28	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 called	obl
29	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	30 slope	det
30	slope	slope	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 called	nsubj:pass
31	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 called	aux:pass
32	still	still	ADV	_	33 called	advmod
33	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stopped	conj
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Glen	det
35	Glen	Glen	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 called	xcomp
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 Mantle	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Mantle	det
38	Mantle	Mantle	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Glen	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 known	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 known	cc
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 rise	det
42	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 known	nsubj:pass
43	on	on	ADP	_	44 which	case
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 stood	obl
45	Aillen	Aillen	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 stood	nsubj
46	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 rise	acl
47	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 known	aux:pass
48	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stopped	conj
49	as	as	ADP	_	51 Ard	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 Ard	det
51	Ard	Ard	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 known	obl
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 Fire	case
53	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Ard	nmod
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stopped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	Rather	flame				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality
2	slide	past	flame		the mantle			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from mantle=Trajectory
3	speed down	past	flame not said here		the earth to the depth of six spans		down property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into earth=Destination
4	call	present · passive		that slope		still		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from which=Source
5	stand	past	Aillen		the rise			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location
6	know	present · passive		the rise			as the Ard of Fire	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as ard=Attribute

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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