Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VIII, sentence 38
But Becuma’s foster-sister, Aine’, came from the Shi’, and, unseen by any, she interfered with Art’s play, so that, suddenly, when he looked again on the board, his face went pale, for he saw that the game was lost.
Who acts: foster sister, sister, Art, face · What happens: come, interfere, look, go, see, lose · To what, where: Shi, that, game · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VIII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (foster sister, sister, Art, face), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 came | cc |
| 2 | Becuma | Becuma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sister | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 2 Becuma | case |
| 4 | foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sister | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 foster | punct |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Aine | punct |
| 8 | Aine | Aine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sister | appos |
| 9 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 Aine | punct |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sister | punct |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 Shi | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Shi | det |
| 14 | Shi | Shi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 came | obl |
| 15 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 14 Shi | case |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 unseen | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 unseen | cc |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 unseen | punct |
| 19 | unseen | unseen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 came | conj |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 any | case |
| 21 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 19 unseen | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 interfered | punct |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 interfered | nsubj |
| 24 | interfered | interfere | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 came | conj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 play | case |
| 26 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 play | nmod:poss |
| 27 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 26 Art | case |
| 28 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 interfered | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 that | punct |
| 30 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 31 that | case |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 interfered | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 that | punct |
| 33 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 24 interfered | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 looked | punct |
| 35 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 37 looked | advmod |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 looked | nsubj |
| 37 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 interfered | parataxis |
| 38 | again | again | ADV | _ | 37 looked | advmod |
| 39 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 board | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 board | det |
| 41 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 looked | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 went | punct |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 face | nmod:poss |
| 44 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 went | nsubj |
| 45 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 looked | conj |
| 46 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 went | xcomp |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 saw | punct |
| 48 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 50 saw | mark |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 saw | nsubj |
| 50 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 went | conj |
| 51 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 55 lost | mark |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 game | det |
| 53 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 54 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 lost | aux:pass |
| 55 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 saw | ccomp |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Becuma's foster sister | the Shi | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from shi=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | interfere | past | sister | that | with Art's play; suddenly property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | look | past | Art | again | on the board | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on board=Theme | |||
| 4 | go | past | Art's face | pale property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | see | past | Art | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | lose | past · passive | the game | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 7 | play | Art | nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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