Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter V, sentence 7

The three sisters took their wide-channelled, hard-tempered swords in their hands, and prepared to slay the Fianna, but before doing so they gave one more look from the door of the cave to see if there might be a straggler of the Fianna who was escaping death by straggling, and they saw one coming towards them with Bran and Sceo’lan leaping beside him, while all the other dogs began to burst their throats with barks and split their noses with snorts and wag their tails off at sight of the tall, valiant, white-toothed champion, Goll mor mac Morna.

Who acts: three sisters, sisters, straggler, one, Bran, other dogs · What happens: take, channell, temper, slay, do, give · To what, where: tempered swords, hands, Fianna, one more look, door, death

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter V. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (three sisters, sisters, straggler, one), 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 sisters	det
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 sisters	nummod
3	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 swords	nmod:poss
6	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 channelled	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 wide	punct
8	channelled	channell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 tempered	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tempered	punct
10	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tempered	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 hard	punct
12	tempered	temper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 swords	amod
13	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 took	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 hands	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 hands	nmod:poss
16	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 took	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 prepared	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 prepared	cc
19	prepared	prepared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 took	parataxis
20	to	to	PART	_	21 slay	mark
21	slay	slay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 prepared	xcomp
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Fianna	det
23	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 slay	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 gave	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 gave	cc
26	before	before	SCONJ	_	27 doing	mark
27	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 gave	advcl
28	so	so	ADV	_	27 doing	advmod
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 gave	nsubj
30	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
31	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 look	nummod
32	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	33 look	amod
33	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 gave	obj
34	from	from	ADP	_	36 door	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 door	det
36	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 gave	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 cave	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 cave	det
39	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 door	nmod
40	to	to	PART	_	41 see	mark
41	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 gave	advcl
42	if	if	SCONJ	_	45 be	mark
43	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	45 be	expl
44	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 be	aux
45	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 see	ccomp
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 straggler	det
47	straggler	straggler	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 be	nsubj
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 Fianna	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Fianna	det
50	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 straggler	nmod
51	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 escaping	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 escaping	aux
53	escaping	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	47 straggler	appos
54	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 escaping	obj
55	by	by	SCONJ	_	56 straggling	mark
56	straggling	straggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 escaping	advcl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 saw	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 saw	cc
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 saw	nsubj
60	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
61	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	60 saw	obj
62	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	60 saw	xcomp
63	towards	towards	ADP	_	64 them	case
64	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 coming	obl
65	with	with	ADP	_	66 Bran	case
66	Bran	Bran	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 coming	obl
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 Sceo’lan	cc
68	Sceo’lan	Sceo'lan	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 Bran	conj
69	leaping	leap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	66 Bran	acl
70	beside	beside	ADP	_	71 him	case
71	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 leaping	obl
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 began	punct
73	while	while	SCONJ	_	78 began	mark
74	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	77 dogs	det:predet
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 dogs	det
76	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 dogs	amod
77	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 began	nsubj
78	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 saw	parataxis
79	to	to	PART	_	80 burst	mark
80	burst	burst	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	78 began	xcomp
81	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	82 throats	nmod:poss
82	throats	throat	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 burst	obj
83	with	with	ADP	_	84 barks	case
84	barks	bark	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 burst	obl
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 split	cc
86	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 began	conj
87	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	88 noses	nmod:poss
88	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 split	obj
89	with	with	ADP	_	90 snorts	case
90	snorts	snort	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 split	obl
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 wag	cc
92	wag	wag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	86 split	conj
93	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	94 tails	nmod:poss
94	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 wag	obj
95	off	off	ADP	_	92 wag	compound:prt
96	at	at	ADP	_	97 sight	case
97	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 wag	obl
98	of	of	ADP	_	107 champion	case
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	107 champion	det
100	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	107 champion	amod
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 valiant	punct
102	valiant	valiant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 tall	conj
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 tall	punct
104	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	106 toothed	compound
105	-	-	PUNCT	_	104 white	punct
106	toothed	tooth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	107 champion	amod
107	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 sight	nmod
108	,	,	PUNCT	_	111 mac	punct
109	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	111 mac	compound
110	mor	mor	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 mac	compound
111	mac	mac	NOUN	Number=Sing	107 champion	conj
112	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	111 mac	appos
113	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	the three sisters	sisters's tempered swords	sisters's hands		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Value in hand=Location
2	channell	participle					tree rules
3	temper	participle					tree rules
4	slay	to-infinitive	the three sisters not said here	the Fianna			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fianna=Patient
5	do	gerund	sisters = sister not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	give	past	sisters = sister	one more look	the door of the cave		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme
7	see	to-infinitive	sisters = sister not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8	be a condition, not said to happen	might	a straggler of the Fianna		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	escape	past · progressive	a straggler of the Fianna	death			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme death=Initial_Location
10	straggle	gerund	a straggler of the Fianna not said here				vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
11	see	past	sisters = sister	one			tree rules
12	come	gerund	one not said here			towards sisters = sister; with Bran and Sceo’lan	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards they=Initial_Location
13	leap	gerund	Bran and Sceo’lan not said here			beside cave	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside he=Trajectory
14	begin	past	all other dogs				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
15	burst	to-infinitive	all other dogs not said here	dogs's throats		with barks	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent throat=Patient with bark=Instrument
16	split	past	all other dogs not said here	dogs's noses		with snorts	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent nose=Patient with snort=Instrument
17	wag off	infinitive	all other dogs not said here	dogs's tails	sight of the tall toothed champion and Goll mor mac		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
18	tooth	participle					tree rules
19	sight			the tall toothed champion and Goll mor mac			nom sight «cognition 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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