Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter V, sentence 30

Uct Dealv went then to the house of Fergus Fionnliath, and she broke the enchantment that was on the hound, so that Tuiren’s own shape came back to her; but in the matter of two small whelps, to which the hound had given birth, the enchantment could not be broken, so they had to remain as they were.

Who acts: Uct, Fergus, enchantment, own shape, whelps, two small whelps · What happens: go, break, be, come back, give, not break · To what, where: house, enchantment, Fergus, hound, matter

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter V. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Uct, Fergus, enchantment, own shape), 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	Uct	Uct	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
2	Dealv	Dealv	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Uct	flat
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 went	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Fergus	case
9	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 house	nmod
10	Fionnliath	Fionnliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Fergus	flat
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 broke	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 broke	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 broke	nsubj
14	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 enchantment	det
16	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 broke	obj
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 hound	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 hound	cop
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 hound	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hound	det
21	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 enchantment	acl:relcl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 came	punct
23	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	29 came	mark
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 so	fixed
25	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 shape	nmod:poss
26	’s	's	PART	_	25 Tuiren	case
27	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 shape	amod
28	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 came	nsubj
29	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 broke	conj
30	back	back	ADV	_	29 came	advmod
31	to	to	ADP	_	32 her	case
32	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 came	obl
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 broken	punct
34	but	but	CCONJ	_	56 broken	cc
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 matter	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 matter	det
37	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 broken	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	41 whelps	case
39	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	41 whelps	nummod
40	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 whelps	amod
41	whelps	whelp	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 matter	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 given	punct
43	to	to	ADP	_	44 which	case
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 given	obl
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 hound	det
46	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 given	nsubj:pass
47	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 given	aux
48	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 matter	advcl
49	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 given	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 matter	punct
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 enchantment	det
52	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 broken	nsubj:pass
53	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 broken	aux
54	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	56 broken	advmod
55	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	56 broken	aux:pass
56	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 went	parataxis
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 had	punct
58	so	so	ADV	_	60 had	advmod
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 had	nsubj
60	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
61	to	to	PART	_	62 remain	mark
62	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 had	xcomp
63	as	as	SCONJ	_	65 were	mark
64	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 were	nsubj
65	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 remain	advcl
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Uct			the house of Fergus	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location
2	break	past	Fergus	the enchantment					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient
3	is	past	the enchantment					on the hound	tree rules
4	come back	past	Tuiren's own shape		Fergus				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial_Location
5	give	past · perfect · passive		the hound				to the matter of two small whelps	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient birth=Theme
6	not break	could · passive		the enchantment		the matter of two small whelps			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
7	have	past	whelps = whelp						tree rules
8	remain	to-infinitive	whelps = whelp not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	be	past	whelps = whelp						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	matter		two small whelps						nom matter «cognition 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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