Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 33

“I lived thus in the peace of Faery, hearing often of my mortal champion, for the rumour of his great deeds had gone through the Shi’, until a day came when the Black Magician of the Men of God put his eye on me, and, after that day, in whatever direction I looked I saw his eye.”

Who acts: Fionn, rumour, day, Black Magician, great deeds · What happens: live, go, come, put, look, see · To what, where: peace, Shi, eye, direction, Faery

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 (Fionn, rumour, day, Black Magician), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	thus	thus	ADV	_	3 lived	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 peace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 peace	det
7	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Faery	case
9	Faery	faery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 peace	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hearing	punct
11	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 peace	conj
12	often	often	ADV	_	16 champion	advmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 champion	case
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 champion	nmod:poss
15	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 champion	amod
16	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 rumour	punct
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 rumour	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rumour	det
20	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 gone	nsubj
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 deeds	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 deeds	nmod:poss
23	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 deeds	amod
24	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 rumour	nmod
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 gone	aux
26	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 lived	parataxis
27	through	through	ADP	_	29 Shi	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Shi	det
29	Shi	Shi	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 gone	obl
30	’	's	PART	_	29 Shi	case
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 came	punct
32	until	until	SCONJ	_	35 came	mark
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 day	det
34	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 came	nsubj
35	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	parataxis
36	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	45 put	advmod
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Magician	det
38	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 Magician	amod
39	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 put	nsubj
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 Men	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Men	det
42	Men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 Magician	nmod
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 God	case
44	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Men	nmod
45	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 came	advcl
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 eye	nmod:poss
47	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 put	obj
48	on	on	ADP	_	49 me	case
49	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 put	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 saw	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 saw	cc
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 day	punct
53	after	after	ADP	_	55 day	case
54	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 day	det
55	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 saw	obl:unmarked
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 direction	punct
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 direction	case
58	whatever	whatever	DET	PronType=Int	59 direction	det
59	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 day	appos
60	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 looked	nsubj
61	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 direction	acl:relcl
62	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 saw	nsubj
63	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 came	conj
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 eye	nmod:poss
65	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 saw	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct
67	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live in a quote	past	Fionn		the peace of Faery and hearing		of my mortal champion; thus property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location
2	go in a quote	past · perfect	the rumour of rumour's great deeds		the Shi			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through shi=Initial_Location
3	come in a quote	past	a day					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	put in a quote	past	the Black Magician of the Men of God	Man's eye			on Fionn	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on i=Destination
5	look in a quote	past	Fionn	whatever direction not said here				vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme direction=Attribute
6	see in a quote	past	Fionn	Man's eye		day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus
7	pacify in a quote			Faery				nom peace «state transitive»: of=patient
8	rumour in a quote		rumour's great deeds					nom rumour «communication 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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