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Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II, sentence 6

Now there were three great burying-places in Ireland--the Brugh of the Boyne in Ulster, over which Angus Og is chief and god; the Shi’ mound of Cruachan Ahi, where Ethal Anbual presides over the underworld of Connacht, and Tailltin, in Royal Meath.

Who acts: three great burying places, Ethal · What happens: be, bury, preside · To what, where: Angus chief, Brugh, underworld

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 (three great burying places, Ethal), 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

advmodexplnummodamodamodpunctnsubjcasenmodpunctdetapposcasedetnmodcasenmodpunctcaseoblcompoundflatcopapposccconjpunctdetnmod:posscasensubjcasenmodparataxispunctadvmodnsubjflatacl:relclcasedetoblcasenmodpunctccconjpunctcaseamodconjpunctrootNowADVtherePRONwereVERBthreeNUMgreatADJburyingVERB-PUNCTplacesNOUNinADPIrelandPROPN--PUNCTtheDETBrughPROPNofADPtheDETBoynePROPNinADPUlsterPROPN,PUNCToverADPwhichPRONAngusPROPNOgPROPNisAUXchiefNOUNandCCONJgodNOUN;PUNCTtheDETShiPROPN’PARTmoundNOUNofADPCruachanPROPNAhiPROPN,PUNCTwhereADVEthalPROPNAnbualPROPNpresidesVERBoverADPtheDETunderworldNOUNofADPConnachtPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJTailltinPROPN,PUNCTinADPRoyalADJMeathPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem3 wereadvmod
2theretherePRONPronType=Dem3 wereexpl
3werebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card8 placesnummod
5greatgreatADJDegree=Pos8 placesamod
6buryingburyVERBVerbForm=Ger8 placesamod
7--PUNCT_6 buryingpunct
8placesplaceNOUNNumber=Plur3 werensubj
9ininADP_10 Irelandcase
10IrelandIrelandPROPNNumber=Sing8 placesnmod
11----PUNCT_13 Brughpunct
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 Brughdet
13BrughBrughPROPNNumber=Sing8 placesappos
14ofofADP_16 Boynecase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 Boynedet
16BoyneBoynePROPNNumber=Sing13 Brughnmod
17ininADP_18 Ulstercase
18UlsterUlsterPROPNNumber=Sing13 Brughnmod
19,,PUNCT_25 chiefpunct
20overoverADP_21 whichcase
21whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel25 chiefobl
22AngusAngusPROPNNumber=Sing25 chiefcompound
23OgOgPROPNNumber=Sing22 Angusflat
24isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 chiefcop
25chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing13 Brughappos
26andandCCONJ_27 godcc
27godgodNOUNNumber=Sing25 chiefconj
28;;PUNCT_35 Ahipunct
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 Shidet
30ShiShiPROPNNumber=Sing32 moundnmod:poss
31’'sPART_30 Shicase
32moundmoundNOUNNumber=Sing35 Ahinsubj
33ofofADP_34 Cruachancase
34CruachanCruachanPROPNNumber=Sing32 moundnmod
35AhiAhiPROPNNumber=Sing3 wereparataxis
36,,PUNCT_40 presidespunct
37wherewhereADVPronType=Rel40 presidesadvmod
38EthalEthalPROPNNumber=Sing40 presidesnsubj
39AnbualAnbualPROPNNumber=Sing38 Ethalflat
40presidespresideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 Ahiacl:relcl
41overoverADP_43 underworldcase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 underworlddet
43underworldunderworldNOUNNumber=Sing40 presidesobl
44ofofADP_45 Connachtcase
45ConnachtConnachtPROPNNumber=Sing43 underworldnmod
46,,PUNCT_48 Tailltinpunct
47andandCCONJ_48 Tailltincc
48TailltinTailltinPROPNNumber=Sing35 Ahiconj
49,,PUNCT_52 Meathpunct
50ininADP_52 Meathcase
51RoyalRoyalADJDegree=Pos52 Meathamod
52MeathMeathPROPNNumber=Sing35 Ahiconj
53..PUNCT_3 werepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepastthree great burying places in Irelandtherenowvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2burygerundvn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3is apresentAngus chief and godthe Brugh of the Boyne in Ulstertree rules
4presidepresentEthalthe underworld of Connachttree 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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