Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 3
After rest he has energy, after energy he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction for a time, we need instruction, and must receive it or the spirit faints and wisdom herself grows bitter.
Who acts: man, we, spirit, wisdom · What happens: have, need, repose, give, receive, faint · To what, where: energy, instruction
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 (man, we, spirit, wisdom), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 2 rest | case |
| 2 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 needs | punct |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 energy | case |
| 8 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 needs | obl |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 needs | nsubj |
| 10 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 has | conj |
| 11 | repose | repose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 needs | xcomp |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 given | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 given | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 given | punct |
| 15 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 18 given | mark |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 given | nsubj |
| 17 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 given | aux |
| 18 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 has | conj |
| 19 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 given | obj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 time | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 time | det |
| 22 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 given | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 need | punct |
| 24 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 need | nsubj |
| 25 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 has | parataxis |
| 26 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 need | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 receive | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 receive | cc |
| 29 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 receive | aux |
| 30 | receive | receive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 25 need | parataxis |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 receive | obj |
| 32 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 faints | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 spirit | det |
| 34 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 faints | nsubj |
| 35 | faints | faint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 receive | conj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 grows | cc |
| 37 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 grows | nsubj |
| 38 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 39 grows | nsubj |
| 39 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 faints | conj |
| 40 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 grows | xcomp |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | man | energy | after rest | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient | |||
| 2 | need | present | man | after energy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | repose not said to happen | infinitive | man not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | give | present · perfect | we | instruction | time | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme | |||
| 5 | need | present | we | instruction | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot instruction=Theme | ||||
| 6 | receive | must | instruction | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 7 | faint | present | the spirit | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | grow | present | wisdom | bitter property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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