Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 30

It was his custom when he arose on the morn of Sunday to climb to the most elevated point of Tara, and gaze thence on every side, so that he might see if any fairies or people of the Shi’ were disporting themselves in his lordship; for he absolutely prohibited the usage of the earth to these beings on the Sunday, and woe’s worth was it for the sweet being he discovered breaking his law.

Who acts: hand, king, people, worth · What happens: be, arise, climb, elevate, gaze, see · To what, where: custom, morn, elevated point, fairies, lordship, usage

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 (hand, king, people, worth), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 custom	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 custom	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 custom	nmod:poss
4	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 arose	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 arose	nsubj
7	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 custom	acl:relcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 morn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 morn	det
10	morn	morn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arose	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Sunday	case
12	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 morn	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 climb	mark
14	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 arose	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 point	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 point	det
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 elevated	advmod
18	elevated	elevate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 point	amod
19	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 climb	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Tara	case
21	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 point	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 gaze	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 gaze	cc
24	gaze	gaze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 climb	conj
25	thence	thence	ADV	_	24 gaze	advmod
26	on	on	ADP	_	28 side	case
27	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	28 side	det
28	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 gaze	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 see	punct
30	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	34 see	mark
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 so	fixed
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 see	nsubj
33	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 see	aux
34	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 gaze	conj
35	if	if	SCONJ	_	37 fairies	mark
36	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	37 fairies	det
37	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 see	obj
38	or	or	CCONJ	_	39 people	cc
39	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 fairies	conj
40	of	of	SCONJ	_	45 disporting	mark
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Shi	det
42	Shi	Shi	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 disporting	nmod:poss
43	’	's	PART	_	42 Shi	case
44	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 disporting	aux
45	disporting	disport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	39 people	acl
46	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	45 disporting	obj
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 lordship	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 lordship	nmod:poss
49	lordship	lordship	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 disporting	obl
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 prohibited	punct
51	for	for	SCONJ	_	54 prohibited	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 prohibited	nsubj
53	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	54 prohibited	advmod
54	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 custom	parataxis
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 usage	det
56	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 prohibited	obj
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 earth	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 earth	det
59	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 usage	nmod
60	to	to	ADP	_	62 beings	case
61	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	62 beings	det
62	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 prohibited	obl
63	on	on	ADP	_	65 Sunday	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 Sunday	det
65	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 beings	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 it	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 it	cc
68	woe	woe	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 worth	nmod:poss
69	’s	's	PART	_	68 woe	case
70	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 it	nsubj
71	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 it	cop
72	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 prohibited	obl
73	for	for	ADP	_	75 sweet	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 sweet	det
75	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 prohibited	obl
76	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	78 discovered	cop
77	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 discovered	nsubj
78	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 prohibited	conj
79	breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	78 discovered	xcomp
80	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 law	nmod:poss
81	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 breaking	obj
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 custom	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	hand	king's custom			tree rules
2	arise	past	king		the morn of Sunday		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on morn=Location
3	climb	to-infinitive	king not said here		the elevated point of Tara		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to point=Destination
4	elevate	participle					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	gaze	infinitive	king not said here			on every side; thence property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on side=Theme
6	see	might	king	any fairies or people			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus
7	disport	past · progressive	people not said here	fairies = fairy	king's lordship		tree rules
8	prohibit	past	king	the usage of the earth		to this beings on the Sunday; for the sweet; absolutely property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer usage=Theme
9	is a	past	woe's worth	hand			tree rules
10	is	gerund	king			discover property	tree rules
11	break	gerund	king not said here	king's law			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient
12	point			Tara			nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient
13	use			the earth			nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/41/30/