Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IV. On the following day Fergus called his servant, sentence 42

He told them that the hound was the Queen of Creatures, the Pulse of his Heart, and the Apple of his Eye, and he warned them that the person who as much as looked sideways on her, or knocked one shiver out of her, would answer for the deed with pains and indignities.

Who acts: dog, hound · What happens: tell, be, warn, look, knock, answer · To what, where: retainers, Queen, one shiver, Heart · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IV. On the following day Fergus called his servant. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog, hound), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 Queen	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hound	det
6	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Queen	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Queen	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 told	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Creatures	case
11	Creatures	Creature	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 Queen	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Pulse	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Pulse	det
14	Pulse	pulse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Queen	appos
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Heart	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 Heart	nmod:poss
17	Heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Pulse	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Apple	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Apple	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Apple	det
21	Apple	Apple	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Queen	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 Eye	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 Eye	nmod:poss
24	Eye	Eye	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Apple	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 warned	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 warned	cc
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 warned	nsubj
28	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 warned	obj
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 person	mark
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 person	det
32	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 warned	ccomp
33	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	35 much	nsubj
34	as	as	ADV	_	35 much	advmod
35	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 person	acl:relcl
36	as	as	SCONJ	_	37 looked	mark
37	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 much	advcl
38	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	37 looked	advmod
39	on	on	ADP	_	40 her	case
40	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 looked	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 knocked	punct
42	or	or	CCONJ	_	43 knocked	cc
43	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	parataxis
44	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 shiver	nummod
45	shiver	shiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 knocked	obj
46	out	out	ADP	_	48 her	case
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 her	case
48	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 knocked	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 answer	punct
50	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 answer	aux
51	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 knocked	conj
52	for	for	ADP	_	54 deed	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 deed	det
54	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 answer	obl
55	with	with	ADP	_	56 pains	case
56	pains	pain	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 answer	obl
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 indignities	cc
58	indignities	indignity	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 pains	conj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	dog		retainers = retainer		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	is a	past	the hound	the Queen and the Apple of dog's Eye		of Creatures	tree rules
3	warn speech: warn	past	dog		retainers = retainer		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
4	look	participle	dog not said here			on person; sideways property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on she=Theme
5	knock	past		one shiver		out person	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shiver=Theme out she=Destination
6	answer speech: assert	would				for the deed; with pains and indignities	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	pulse			dog's Heart			nom pulse «event transitive»: of=patient

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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