Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 1
But after some time the moon arose and the wolves went away, for their leader, a sagacious and crafty chief, declared that as long as they remained where they were, the lady would remain where she was; and so, with a hearty curse on trees, the troop departed.
Who acts: moon, wolves, lady, hearty curse · What happens: arise, go away, declare, remain, be, depart · To what, where: time, that
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 (moon, wolves, lady, hearty curse), 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 | _ | 24 declared | cc |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 declared | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 moon | det |
| 6 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 arose | nsubj |
| 7 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 time | acl:relcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 went | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wolves | det |
| 10 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 went | nsubj |
| 11 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 arose | conj |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 went | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 leader | punct |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 leader | case |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 leader | nmod:poss |
| 16 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 went | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 chief | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 chief | det |
| 19 | sagacious | sagacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 chief | amod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 crafty | cc |
| 21 | crafty | crafty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 sagacious | conj |
| 22 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 leader | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| 24 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 declared | obj |
| 26 | as | as | ADV | _ | 27 long | advmod |
| 27 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 declared | advmod |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 30 remained | mark |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 remained | nsubj |
| 30 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 long | advcl |
| 31 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 33 were | advmod |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 were | nsubj |
| 33 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 remained | ccomp |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 remain | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 lady | det |
| 36 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 remain | nsubj |
| 37 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 remain | aux |
| 38 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 declared | conj |
| 39 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 41 was | advmod |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 was | nsubj |
| 41 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 remain | ccomp |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 so | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 so | cc |
| 44 | so | so | ADV | _ | 55 departed | advmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 curse | punct |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 curse | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 curse | det |
| 48 | hearty | hearty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 curse | amod |
| 49 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 departed | nsubj |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 trees | case |
| 51 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 curse | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 curse | punct |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 troop | det |
| 54 | troop | troop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 departed | nsubj |
| 55 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 declared | advcl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 declared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arise | past | the moon | some time not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go away | past | the wolves | for wolves's leader and a sagacious chief; away property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for leader=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | declare speech: other | past | that | time | long property | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | |||
| 4 | remain | past | wolves = wolf | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | be | past | wolves = wolf | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | remain | would | the lady | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | be | past | lady | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | depart | past | a hearty curse on trees | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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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