Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 4
He did not like the men of Lochlann at any time, but this time he moved against them in wrath, for not only were they attacking Ireland, but they had come between him and the deepest joy his life had known.
Who acts: fleet, men · What happens: not like, move, not attack, come, know · To what, where: men, wrath, Ireland, deepest joy
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fleet, men), 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 | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 men | det |
| 6 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 like | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Lochlann | case |
| 8 | Lochlann | Lochlann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 men | nmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 time | case |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 like | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 moved | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 moved | cc |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 time | det |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 moved | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 moved | nsubj |
| 17 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | parataxis |
| 18 | against | against | ADP | _ | 19 them | case |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 moved | obl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 wrath | case |
| 21 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 moved | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 attacking | punct |
| 23 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 28 attacking | mark |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 attacking | advmod |
| 25 | only | only | ADV | _ | 28 attacking | advmod |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 attacking | aux |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 attacking | nsubj |
| 28 | attacking | attack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 moved | advcl |
| 29 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 attacking | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 come | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 come | cc |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 come | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 come | aux |
| 34 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 like | parataxis |
| 35 | between | between | ADP | _ | 36 him | case |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 come | obl |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 known | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 joy | det |
| 39 | deepest | deep | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 40 joy | amod |
| 40 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 known | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 life | nmod:poss |
| 42 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 known | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 known | aux |
| 44 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 come | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 like | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past · do-support | fleet | the men of Lochlann | time | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot man=Theme | |||
| 2 | move | past | fleet | wrath | time | against men = man | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme against they=Source in wrath=Trajectory | ||
| 3 | not attack | past · progressive | men = man | Ireland | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ireland=Patient | ||||
| 4 | come | past · perfect | men = man | between fleet | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between he=Location | ||||
| 5 | know | past · perfect · passive | the deepest joy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
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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