Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 11

The great captain was happy: his eyes were resting on the sights he liked best--the sunlight of a clear day, the waving trees, the pure sky, and the lovely movement of the earth; and his ears were filled with delectable sounds--the baying of eager dogs, the clear calling of young men, the shrill whistling that came from every side, and each sound of which told a definite thing about the hunt.

Who acts: great captain, eyes, Brefny, delectable sounds, shrill whistling, sound · What happens: be, rest, like, wave, fill, bay · To what, where: sights, best, ears, side, definite thing, earth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great captain, eyes, Brefny, delectable sounds), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 captain	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 captain	amod
3	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happy	cop
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 resting	punct
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 resting	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 resting	aux
10	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 happy	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 sights	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sights	det
13	sights	sight	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 resting	obl
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 liked	nsubj
15	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sights	acl:relcl
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 liked	obj
17	--	--	PUNCT	_	19 sunlight	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sunlight	det
19	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happy	parataxis
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 day	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 day	det
22	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 day	amod
23	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sunlight	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 trees	punct
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 trees	det
26	waving	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 trees	amod
27	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 sunlight	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 sky	punct
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 sky	det
30	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 sky	amod
31	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sunlight	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 movement	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 movement	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 movement	det
35	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 movement	amod
36	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happy	conj
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 earth	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 earth	det
39	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 movement	nmod
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 filled	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 filled	cc
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 ears	nmod:poss
43	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 filled	nsubj:pass
44	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 filled	aux:pass
45	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 happy	conj
46	with	with	ADP	_	48 sounds	case
47	delectable	delectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 sounds	amod
48	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 filled	obl
49	--	--	PUNCT	_	51 baying	punct
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 baying	det
51	baying	bay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	48 sounds	acl
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 dogs	case
53	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 dogs	amod
54	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 baying	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 calling	punct
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 calling	det
57	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 calling	amod
58	calling	calling	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 dogs	appos
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 men	case
60	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 men	amod
61	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 calling	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 whistling	punct
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 whistling	det
64	shrill	shrill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 whistling	amod
65	whistling	whistling	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 calling	conj
66	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 came	nsubj
67	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 whistling	acl:relcl
68	from	from	ADP	_	70 side	case
69	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	70 side	det
70	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 came	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 sound	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 sound	cc
73	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	74 sound	det
74	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happy	parataxis
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 which	case
76	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	77 told	nsubj
77	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 sound	acl:relcl
78	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 thing	det
79	definite	definite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 thing	amod
80	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 told	obj
81	about	about	ADP	_	83 hunt	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 hunt	det
83	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 told	obl
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 happy	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the great captain			happy property	tree rules
2	rest	past · progressive	Brefny's eyes		the sights		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sight=Location
3	like	past	Brefny	best			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=Theme
4	wave	gerund					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	fill	past · passive		Brefny's ears		with delectable sounds	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with sound=Instrument
6	bay	gerund	delectable sounds not said here			of eager dogs	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	come	past	the shrill whistling		every side		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from side=Initial_Location
8	tell speech: assert	past	each sound	a definite thing		about the hunt	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient about hunt=Topic
9	move			the earth			nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient
10	call			young men			nom calling «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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