Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 3
But on the part of Becfola no similar tidings can be given.
What happens: give · To what, where: similar tidings, part
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: 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 given | cc |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 part | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 part | det |
| 4 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 given | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Becfola | case |
| 6 | Becfola | Becfola | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 part | nmod |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 tidings | det |
| 8 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tidings | amod |
| 9 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 given | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 given | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 given | aux:pass |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | can · passive | no similar tidings | the part of Becfola | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme on part=Asset |
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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