Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 25
“And we are worth seeing,” Cuillen continued, and the disappointment that was set in her sister’s face got carved and twisted into hers, but it was worse in her case.
Who acts: we, Cuillen, disappointment · What happens: be, see, continue, set, carve, twist · To what, where: disappointment, face, case · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (we, Cuillen, disappointment), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 worth | punct |
| 2 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 worth | cc |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 worth | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 worth | cop |
| 5 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 continued | ccomp |
| 6 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 worth | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 worth | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 worth | punct |
| 9 | Cuillen | Cuillen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 continued | nsubj |
| 10 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 disappointment | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 disappointment | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 disappointment | det |
| 14 | disappointment | disappointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 carved | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 set | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 set | aux:pass |
| 17 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 disappointment | acl:relcl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 face | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 sister | nmod:poss |
| 20 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 face | nmod:poss |
| 21 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 20 sister | case |
| 22 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 set | obl |
| 23 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 carved | aux:pass |
| 24 | carved | carve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 continued | parataxis |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 twisted | cc |
| 26 | twisted | twist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 carved | conj |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 28 hers | case |
| 28 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 twisted | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 worse | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 worse | cc |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 worse | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 worse | cop |
| 33 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 continued | conj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 case | case |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 case | nmod:poss |
| 36 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 worse | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | we | worth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see in a quote | gerund | we not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | continue | past | Cuillen | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | set | past · passive | the disappointment | Cuillen's sister's face | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in face=Destination | ||||
| 5 | carve | past · passive | the disappointment | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | twist | participle | into face | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into her=Result | |||||
| 7 | is | past | disappointment | face's case | bad property | tree rules |
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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