Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VI, sentence 30

“Go then,” said his father, “but I will place you under the protection of the High King and of the Four Provincial Kings of Ireland, and under the protection of Art, the son of Conn, and of Fionn, the son of Uail, and under the protection of the magicians and poets and the men of art in Ireland.”

Who acts: father · What happens: go, say, place, protect · To what, where: you, protection, High King, Art, magicians · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VI. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father), 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	_	2 Go	punct
2	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Go	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct
5	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 place	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	14 place	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 place	cc
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 place	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 place	aux
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 father	appos
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 place	obj
16	under	under	ADP	_	18 protection	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 protection	det
18	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 King	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 King	det
21	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 King	amod
22	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 protection	nmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 Kings	cc
24	of	of	ADP	_	28 Kings	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Kings	det
26	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 Kings	nummod
27	Provincial	provincial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 Kings	amod
28	Kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 King	conj
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 Ireland	case
30	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Kings	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 protection	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 protection	cc
33	under	under	ADP	_	35 protection	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 protection	det
35	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 Art	case
37	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 protection	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 son	punct
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 son	det
40	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 Art	appos
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 Conn	case
42	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 son	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 Fionn	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 Fionn	cc
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 Fionn	case
46	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 son	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 son	det
49	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 Fionn	appos
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 Uail	case
51	Uail	Uail	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 son	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 protection	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 protection	cc
54	under	under	ADP	_	56 protection	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 protection	det
56	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 Fionn	appos
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 magicians	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 magicians	det
59	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 protection	nmod
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 poets	cc
61	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 magicians	conj
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 men	cc
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 men	det
64	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 magicians	conj
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 art	case
66	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 men	nmod
67	in	in	ADP	_	68 Ireland	case
68	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 art	nmod
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	56 protection	punct
70	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 protection	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	go in a quote	infinitive				then	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	person's father				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	place in a quote	future	person's father = father	you	the protection of the High King and the Four Provincial Kings of Ireland		tree rules
4	protect in a quote			the High King and the Four Provincial Kings of Ireland			nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient
5	protect in a quote			Art			nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient
6	protect in a quote			the magicians and poets and the men of art in Ireland			nom protection «act 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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