Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 83

It was not the corner which a slender-fingered woman would choose to do up her hair; nor was it the spot an ancient man would select to think quietly in, for the tumult of sword on sword, of axe on shield, the roar of the contending parties, the crying of wounded men, and the screaming of frightened women destroyed peace, and over all was the rallying cry of Goll mac Morna and the great shout of Fionn.

Who acts: person, fingered woman, ancient man, screaming, all, contending parties · What happens: not be, finger, choose, do up, be, select · To what, where: corner, hair, person, spot, peace, rallying cry

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 (person, fingered woman, ancient man, screaming), 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	5 corner	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 corner	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 corner	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 corner	det
5	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 choose	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 woman	det
8	slender	slender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fingered	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 slender	punct
10	fingered	finger	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 choose	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 choose	aux
13	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 corner	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 do	mark
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 choose	xcomp
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 do	compound:prt
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 hair	nmod:poss
18	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	obj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 it	punct
20	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	22 it	cc
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 it	cop
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 choose	obl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 spot	det
24	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 it	obj
25	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 man	det
26	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 man	amod
27	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 select	nsubj
28	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 select	aux
29	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 spot	acl:relcl
30	to	to	PART	_	31 think	mark
31	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 select	xcomp
32	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	33 in	advmod
33	in	in	ADV	_	31 think	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 tumult	punct
35	for	for	ADP	_	37 tumult	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 tumult	det
37	tumult	tumult	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 think	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 sword	case
39	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tumult	nmod
40	on	on	ADP	_	41 sword	case
41	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tumult	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 axe	punct
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 axe	case
44	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 think	obl
45	on	on	ADP	_	46 shield	case
46	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 axe	nmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 roar	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 roar	det
49	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 axe	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	53 parties	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 parties	det
52	contending	contending	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 parties	compound
53	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 roar	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 crying	punct
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 crying	det
56	crying	crying	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 axe	conj
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 men	case
58	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 men	amod
59	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 crying	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 destroyed	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 destroyed	cc
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 screaming	det
63	screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	67 destroyed	csubj
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 women	case
65	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 women	amod
66	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 screaming	obl
67	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 corner	conj
68	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 destroyed	obj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 cry	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 cry	cc
71	over	over	ADP	_	76 cry	case
72	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	76 cry	nsubj
73	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 cry	cop
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 cry	det
75	rallying	rallying	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 cry	compound
76	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 destroyed	obl
77	of	of	ADP	_	79 mac	case
78	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 mac	compound
79	mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 cry	nmod
80	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 mac	flat
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 shout	cc
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 shout	det
83	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 shout	amod
84	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 mac	conj
85	of	of	ADP	_	86 Fionn	case
86	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 shout	nmod
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 corner	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	person	the corner			tree rules
2	finger	participle					tree rules
3	choose	would	a fingered woman	the corner			tree rules
4	do up	to-infinitive	a fingered woman not said here	woman's hair			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality
5	is a	past		person			tree rules
6	select	would	a ancient man	the spot not said here			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent spot=Theme clause=Attribute
7	think speech: other	to-infinitive	a ancient man not said here			for the tumult of sword on sword; of axe on shield and the roar of the contending parties and the crying of wounded men	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	scream speech: express	gerund				of frightened women	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	frighten	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
10	destroy	past	screaming	peace			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient
11	is	past	all		the rallying cry	of Goll mac and the great shout of Fionn	tree rules
12	roar		the contending parties				nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent
13	cry			wounded men			nom crying «act transitive»: of=patient
14	shout			Fionn			nom shout «communication 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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