Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 26
But on Uct Dealv there came a rage of jealousy and despair such as no person in the Shi’ had ever heard of, and from that moment she became capable of every ill deed; for there are two things not easily controlled, and they are hunger and jealousy.
Who acts: sister, two things, jealousy · What happens: come, hear, become, be, not control, rage · To what, where: rage, Uct Dealv, person, Shi ’, two things, hunger
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter II. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister, two things, jealousy), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 came | cc |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Dealv | case |
| 3 | Uct | Uct | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Dealv | compound |
| 4 | Dealv | Dealv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obl |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 came | expl |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 rage | det |
| 8 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 jealousy | case |
| 10 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rage | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 despair | cc |
| 12 | despair | despair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 jealousy | conj |
| 13 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 16 person | case |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 such | fixed |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 person | det |
| 16 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 despair | nmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 ’ | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 ’ | det |
| 19 | Shi | Shi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 ’ | compound |
| 20 | ’ | ' | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 heard | obl |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 heard | aux |
| 22 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 23 heard | advmod |
| 23 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 person | acl:relcl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 heard | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 became | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 became | cc |
| 27 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 moment | case |
| 28 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 moment | det |
| 29 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 became | obl |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 became | nsubj |
| 31 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | conj |
| 32 | capable | capable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 became | xcomp |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 deed | case |
| 34 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 deed | det |
| 35 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 deed | amod |
| 36 | deed | deed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 capable | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 are | punct |
| 38 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 are | mark |
| 39 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 40 are | expl |
| 40 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 became | conj |
| 41 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 42 things | nummod |
| 42 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 are | nsubj |
| 43 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 controlled | advmod |
| 44 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 45 controlled | advmod |
| 45 | controlled | control | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 things | acl:relcl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 hunger | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 hunger | cc |
| 48 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 hunger | nsubj |
| 49 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 hunger | cop |
| 50 | hunger | hunger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obl |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 jealousy | cc |
| 52 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 hunger | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a rage of jealousy and despair such no person | Uct Dealv; there | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rage=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hear | past · perfect | no person not said here | the Shi ’ | ever | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | become | past | sister | moment | capable property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 4 | does | present | two things | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not control | participle | two things not said here | easily property | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | jealousy | hunger and jealousy | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | rage | jealousy and despair such no person | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: of=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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