Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter I, sentence 6

Goll mac Morna did not admit so much in words, but he admitted it in all his actions, for although he never lost an opportunity of killing a member of Fionn’s family (there was deadly feud between clann-Baiscne and clann-Morna), yet a call from Fionn brought Goll raging to his assistance like a lion that rages tenderly by his mate.

Who acts: Goll, opportunity, deadly feud, call, lion, Fionn · What happens: not admit, admit, not lose, kill, be, bring · To what, where: much, words, hair, actions, opportunity, member

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 (Goll, opportunity, deadly feud, call), 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	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 admit	nsubj
2	mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Goll	flat
3	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Goll	flat
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 admit	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 admit	advmod
6	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 admit	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 words	case
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 admit	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 admitted	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 admitted	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 admitted	nsubj
14	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 admit	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 admitted	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 actions	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 actions	det:predet
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 actions	nmod:poss
19	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 admitted	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 lost	punct
21	for	for	SCONJ	_	25 lost	mark
22	although	although	SCONJ	_	25 lost	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 lost	nsubj
24	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	25 lost	advmod
25	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 admitted	conj
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 opportunity	det
27	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lost	obj
28	of	of	SCONJ	_	29 killing	mark
29	killing	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 opportunity	acl
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 member	det
31	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 killing	obj
32	of	of	ADP	_	35 family	case
33	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 family	nmod:poss
34	’s	's	PART	_	33 Fionn	case
35	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 member	nmod
36	(	(	PUNCT	_	38 was	punct
37	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	38 was	expl
38	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 lost	parataxis
39	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 feud	amod
40	feud	feud	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 was	nsubj
41	between	between	ADP	_	44 Baiscne	case
42	clann	clann	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Baiscne	compound
43	-	-	PUNCT	_	42 clann	punct
44	Baiscne	Baiscne	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 feud	nmod
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 clann	cc
46	clann	clann	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Baiscne	conj
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 Morna	punct
48	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Baiscne	appos
49	)	)	PUNCT	_	48 Morna	punct
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 brought	punct
51	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	56 brought	cc
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 call	det
53	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 brought	nsubj
54	from	from	ADP	_	55 Fionn	case
55	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 call	nmod
56	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 admitted	conj
57	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 brought	obj
58	raging	rage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 brought	advcl
59	to	to	ADP	_	61 assistance	case
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 assistance	nmod:poss
61	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 raging	obl
62	like	like	ADP	_	64 lion	case
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 lion	det
64	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 assistance	nmod
65	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	66 rages	nsubj
66	rages	rage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 lion	acl:relcl
67	tenderly	tenderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 rages	xcomp
68	by	by	ADP	_	70 mate	case
69	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 mate	nmod:poss
70	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 rages	obl
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 admit	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not admit speech: other	past · do-support	Goll	much		words		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent much=Theme in word=Location
2	admit speech: other	past	Goll	hair		Goll's actions		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in action=Location
3	not lose	past	Goll	a opportunity				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Eventuality
4	kill	gerund	a opportunity not said here	a member of Fionn's family				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Theme
5	be	past	deadly feud between clann Baiscne and clann			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	bring	past	a call from Fionn		Goll			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument goll=Destination
7	rage	gerund	a call from Fionn not said here		Fionn's assistance like a lion			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to assistance=Recipient
8	rage	present	a lion				by Fionn's mate; tenderly property	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mate=Location
9	act		Goll					nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent
10	assist		Fionn				like a lion	nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent like=obl

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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