Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IV, sentence 23
Such a load of apprehension was lifted from Becfola’s heart that she instantly did as she had been commanded, and such a bewilderment had yet possession of her faculties that she could not think or utter a word on any subject.
Who acts: heart, bewilderment · What happens: lift, do, command, have, not think, utter · To what, where: load, heart, possession, word, subject, faculties · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart, bewilderment), 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 | Such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 load | det:predet |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 load | det |
| 3 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lifted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 apprehension | case |
| 5 | apprehension | apprehension | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 load | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lifted | aux:pass |
| 7 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 heart | case |
| 9 | Becfola | Becfola | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 heart | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 9 Becfola | case |
| 11 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lifted | obl |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 did | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 did | nsubj |
| 14 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 15 did | advmod |
| 15 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 heart | acl:relcl |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 commanded | mark |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 commanded | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 commanded | aux |
| 19 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 commanded | aux:pass |
| 20 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 did | advcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 had | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 had | cc |
| 23 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 bewilderment | det:predet |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 bewilderment | det |
| 25 | bewilderment | bewilderment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 had | nsubj |
| 26 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lifted | conj |
| 27 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 28 possession | cc |
| 28 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 had | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 faculties | case |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 faculties | nmod:poss |
| 31 | faculties | faculty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 possession | nmod |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 think | mark |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 think | nsubj |
| 34 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 think | aux |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 think | advmod |
| 36 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 had | xcomp |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 utter | cc |
| 38 | utter | utter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 think | conj |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 word | det |
| 40 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 utter | obj |
| 41 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 subject | case |
| 42 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 43 subject | det |
| 43 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 utter | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 lifted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | past · passive | such load of apprehension | Becfola's heart | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme from heart=Destination | ||||
| 2 | do | past | heart | Becfola's heart not said here | instantly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | command | past · perfect · passive | heart | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | have | past | such bewilderment | possession of bewilderment's faculties | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not think speech: other | could | heart | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | utter speech: other | infinitive | heart not said here | a word | any subject | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | |||
| 7 | possess | bewilderment's faculties | nom possession «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.
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