Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 10
Then the keening ceased and the games drew to an end; the princes of the Five Prov-inces returned by horse or by chariot to their own places; the concourse of mourners melted away, and there was nothing left by the great cairn but the sun that dozed upon it in the daytime, the heavy clouds that brooded on it in the night, and the desolate, memoried king.
Who acts: games, sun, heavy clouds · What happens: keen, cease, draw, return, melt away, leave · To what, where: princes, end, Five Prov inces, mourners, daytime
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 (games, sun, heavy clouds), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 ceased | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ceased | det |
| 3 | keening | keen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 ceased | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | ceased | cease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 drew | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 games | det |
| 7 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 drew | nsubj |
| 8 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ceased | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drew | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 princes | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 princes | det |
| 14 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ceased | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 inces | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 inces | det |
| 17 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 inces | nummod |
| 18 | Prov | Prov | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 inces | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 Prov | punct |
| 20 | inces | ince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 princes | nmod |
| 21 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 inces | acl |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 horse | case |
| 23 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 returned | obl |
| 24 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 chariot | cc |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 26 chariot | case |
| 26 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 princes | conj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 places | case |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 places | nmod:poss |
| 29 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 places | amod |
| 30 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 chariot | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 concourse | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 concourse | det |
| 33 | concourse | concourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ceased | parataxis |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 mourners | case |
| 35 | mourners | mourner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 concourse | nmod |
| 36 | melted | melt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 mourners | acl |
| 37 | away | away | ADV | _ | 36 melted | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 was | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 was | cc |
| 40 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 41 was | expl |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 desolate | cop |
| 42 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 41 was | nsubj |
| 43 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 nothing | acl |
| 44 | by | by | ADP | _ | 47 cairn | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 cairn | det |
| 46 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 cairn | amod |
| 47 | cairn | cairn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 left | obl |
| 48 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 50 sun | cc |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 sun | det |
| 50 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 cairn | conj |
| 51 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 dozed | nsubj |
| 52 | dozed | doze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 sun | acl:relcl |
| 53 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 54 it | case |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 dozed | obl |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 daytime | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 daytime | det |
| 57 | daytime | daytime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 dozed | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 clouds | punct |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 clouds | det |
| 60 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 clouds | amod |
| 61 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 cairn | appos |
| 62 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 brooded | nsubj |
| 63 | brooded | brood | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 clouds | acl:relcl |
| 64 | on | on | ADP | _ | 65 it | case |
| 65 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 brooded | obl |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 night | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 night | det |
| 68 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 brooded | obl |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 desolate | punct |
| 70 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 desolate | cc |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 desolate | det |
| 72 | desolate | desolate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 concourse | conj |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 king | punct |
| 74 | memoried | memoried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 king | amod |
| 75 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 concourse | conj |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ceased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keen | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | cease | participle · passive | the princes of the Five Prov inces or chariot to games's own places | then | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | draw | past | the games | to a end | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to end=Destination | ||||
| 4 | return | participle | the Five Prov inces not said here | by horse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | melt away | participle | mourners not said here | away property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | leave | participle | by the great cairn but the sun | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by cairn=Location | |||||
| 7 | doze | past | the sun | the daytime | upon cairn | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | brood | past | the heavy clouds | night | on cairn | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on it=Topic | |||
| 9 | is | past | desolate 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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