Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter III, sentence 57

There is, however, this to be added and remembered, that whenever Fionn was in a tight corner it was Goll that plucked him out of it; and, later on, when time did his worst on them all and the Fianna were sent to hell as unbelievers, it was Goll mac Morna who assaulted hell, with a chain in his great fist and three iron balls swinging from it, and it was he who attacked the hosts of great devils and brought Fionn and the Fianna-Finn out with him.

Who acts: Fionn, side, Goll, unbelievers, three iron balls · What happens: be, add, remember, pluck, send, assault · To what, where: this, tight corner, Goll, side, Fionn, hell

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 (Fionn, side, Goll, unbelievers), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct
4	however	however	ADV	_	2 is	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 added	punct
6	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 added	nsubj:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 added	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 added	aux:pass
9	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 is	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 remembered	cc
11	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 added	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 whenever	punct
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 whenever	nsubj
14	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 added	parataxis
15	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 corner	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 corner	cop
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 corner	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 corner	det
19	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 corner	amod
20	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 whenever	parataxis
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 Goll	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 Goll	cop
23	Goll	goll	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 corner	conj
24	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 plucked	nsubj
25	plucked	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 Goll	acl:relcl
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 plucked	obj
27	out	out	ADP	_	29 it	case
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 it	case
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 plucked	obl
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 sent	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 later	cc
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 and	punct
33	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	48 sent	advmod
34	on	on	ADP	_	33 later	compound:prt
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 did	punct
36	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	38 did	advmod
37	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 did	nsubj
38	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 sent	aux
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 worst	nmod:poss
40	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	38 did	obj
41	on	on	ADP	_	42 them	case
42	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 sent	nsubj:pass
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	42 them	nmod:unmarked
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 Fianna	cc
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 Fianna	det
46	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 them	conj
47	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 sent	aux:pass
48	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 is	parataxis
49	to	to	ADP	_	50 hell	case
50	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 sent	obl
51	as	as	ADP	_	52 unbelievers	case
52	unbelievers	unbeliever	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 sent	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 Goll	punct
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 Goll	nsubj
55	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 Goll	cop
56	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 unbelievers	nmod
57	mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Goll	flat
58	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Goll	flat
59	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 assaulted	nsubj
60	assaulted	assault	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 unbelievers	acl:relcl
61	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 assaulted	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 chain	punct
63	with	with	ADP	_	65 chain	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 chain	det
65	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 assaulted	conj
66	in	in	ADP	_	69 fist	case
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 fist	nmod:poss
68	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 fist	amod
69	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 chain	nmod
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 balls	cc
71	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	73 balls	nummod
72	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 balls	compound
73	balls	ball	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 fist	conj
74	swinging	swing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	73 balls	acl
75	from	from	ADP	_	76 it	case
76	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 swinging	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 attacked	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 attacked	cc
79	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 attacked	nsubj:outer
80	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 attacked	cop
81	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 attacked	nsubj
82	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	83 attacked	nsubj
83	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 is	parataxis
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 hosts	det
85	hosts	host	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 attacked	obj
86	of	of	ADP	_	88 devils	case
87	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 devils	amod
88	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	85 hosts	nmod
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 brought	cc
90	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 attacked	conj
91	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	90 brought	obj
92	and	and	CCONJ	_	96 Finn	cc
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	96 Finn	det
94	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	96 Finn	compound
95	-	-	PUNCT	_	94 Fianna	punct
96	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	91 Fionn	conj
97	out	out	ADP	_	90 brought	compound:prt
98	with	with	ADP	_	99 him	case
99	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 brought	obl
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	present			there	however property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	add speech: assert	to-infinitive · passive		this			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	remember	participle					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	Fionn		a tight corner and Goll		tree rules
5	is a	past	side	Goll			tree rules
6	pluck	past	Goll	Goll	side		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme out it=Source
7	send	past · passive · do-support		Fionn	hell	as unbelievers; late property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hell=Destination
8	is a	past	side	Goll			tree rules
9	assault	past	unbelievers	hell			vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hell=Patient
10	swing	gerund	three iron balls not said here		side		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory
11	is	past	side			attack property	tree rules
12	bring out	past	side not said here	Fionn and the Fianna Finn		with Goll	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fionn=Patient with he=Instrument

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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