Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VI, sentence 9
He noticed, however, that food had been set for no one but himself, and this did not please him, for to eat alone was contrary to the hospitable usage of a king, and was contrary also to his contract with the gods.
Who acts: King, this · What happens: notice, set, not please, eat, be, use · To what, where: food, King
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 (King, this), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 noticed | nsubj |
| 2 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 however | punct |
| 4 | however | however | ADV | _ | 2 noticed | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 set | punct |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 food | det |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 set | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 set | aux |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 set | aux:pass |
| 10 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 noticed | parataxis |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 one | case |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 one | det |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 set | obl |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 himself | cc |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 set | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 please | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 please | cc |
| 18 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 please | nsubj |
| 19 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 please | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 please | advmod |
| 21 | please | please | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 noticed | parataxis |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 please | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 eat | punct |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 eat | case |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 eat | mark |
| 26 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 please | conj |
| 27 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 26 eat | advmod |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 contrary | cop |
| 29 | contrary | contrary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 eat | xcomp |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 usage | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 usage | det |
| 32 | hospitable | hospitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 usage | amod |
| 33 | usage | usage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 contrary | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 king | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 king | det |
| 36 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 usage | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 contrary | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 contrary | cc |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 contrary | cop |
| 40 | contrary | contrary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 noticed | parataxis |
| 41 | also | also | ADV | _ | 44 contract | advmod |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 contract | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 contract | nmod:poss |
| 44 | contract | contract | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 contrary | obl |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 gods | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 gods | det |
| 47 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 contract | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 noticed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | King | however property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | set | past · perfect · passive | that food | for no one | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient for one=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | not please | past · do-support | this | King | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | eat | to-infinitive | this not said here | alone property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is | past | this not said here | to the hospitable usage of a king; contrary property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is | past | to King's contract with the gods; contrary property | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | use | a king | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | contract | King | with the gods | nom contract «communication transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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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