Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 39

His long spear was lowered in his fist at the thrust, and his sharp knife was in its sheath, but he did not use them, for the fawn and the two hounds began to play round him, and the fawn was as affectionate towards him as the hounds were; so that when a velvet nose was thrust in his palm, it was as often a fawn’s muzzle as a hound’s.

Who acts: sharp knife, Fionn, fawn, velvet nose, spear · What happens: lower, be, not use, begin, play · To what, where: long spear, fist, sheath, thrust, palm, muzzle

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sharp knife, Fionn, fawn, velvet nose), 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	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 spear	nmod:poss
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spear	amod
3	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lowered	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lowered	aux:pass
5	lowered	lower	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fist	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fist	nmod:poss
8	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lowered	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 thrust	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 thrust	det
11	thrust	thrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fist	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 sheath	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sheath	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 knife	nmod:poss
15	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 knife	amod
16	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sheath	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sheath	cop
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 sheath	case
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 sheath	nmod:poss
20	sheath	sheath	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fist	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 use	punct
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	26 use	cc
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 use	nsubj
24	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 use	aux
25	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	26 use	advmod
26	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lowered	conj
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 use	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 fawn	punct
29	for	for	ADP	_	31 fawn	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 fawn	det
31	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 began	nsubj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 hounds	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 hounds	det
34	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 hounds	nummod
35	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 fawn	conj
36	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 use	parataxis
37	to	to	PART	_	38 play	mark
38	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 began	xcomp
39	round	round	ADP	_	40 him	case
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 play	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 affectionate	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 affectionate	cc
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 fawn	det
44	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 affectionate	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 affectionate	cop
46	as	as	ADP	_	47 affectionate	case
47	affectionate	affectionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lowered	conj
48	towards	towards	ADP	_	49 him	case
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 affectionate	obl
50	as	as	ADP	_	52 hounds	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 hounds	det
52	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 affectionate	obl
53	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 affectionate	cop
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 thrust	punct
55	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	62 thrust	mark
56	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 so	fixed
57	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	62 thrust	advmod
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 nose	det
59	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 nose	compound
60	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 thrust	nsubj
61	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 thrust	cop
62	thrust	thrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lowered	parataxis
63	in	in	ADP	_	65 palm	case
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 palm	nmod:poss
65	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 thrust	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 muzzle	punct
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 muzzle	nsubj
68	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 muzzle	cop
69	as	as	ADV	_	70 often	advmod
70	often	often	ADV	_	74 muzzle	advmod
71	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 fawn	det
72	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 muzzle	nmod:poss
73	’s	's	PART	_	72 fawn	case
74	muzzle	muzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 thrust	conj
75	as	as	ADP	_	77 hound	case
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 hound	det
77	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 muzzle	nmod
78	’s	's	PART	_	77 hound	case
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lowered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lower	past · passive		Fionn's long spear	Fionn's fist at the thrust and knife's sheath		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in fist=Destination
2	is	past	Fionn's sharp knife		knife's sheath		tree rules
3	not use	past · do-support	Fionn	fist			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	begin	past	the fawn and the two hounds				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	play	to-infinitive	the fawn and the two hounds not said here			round Fionn	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is	past	the fawn			towards Fionn; as the hounds; affectionate property	tree rules
7	is a	past	a velvet nose	thrust and a fawn's muzzle	Fionn's palm		tree rules
8	is a	past	spear	a fawn's muzzle		as a hound; often property	tree rules

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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