Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VI, sentence 27
“And at times I came back from my boundings about Eire’, for the strings of my heart were drawn to Ulster; and, standing away, my wide nose took the air, while I knew with joy, with terror, that men were blown on the wind.
Who acts: times, wide nose, lumbering bear · What happens: come back, draw, stand away, take, know, blow · To what, where: boundings, strings, Ulster, air, men, wind
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 (times, wide nose, lumbering bear), 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 | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 2 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 times | cc |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 times | case |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 came | nsubj |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 times | nmod |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 came | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 boundings | case |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 boundings | nmod:poss |
| 10 | boundings | bounding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 came | obl |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 Eire | case |
| 12 | Eire | Eire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 boundings | nmod |
| 13 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 strings | punct |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 strings | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 strings | det |
| 17 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 heart | case |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 heart | nmod:poss |
| 20 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 strings | nmod |
| 21 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 drawn | aux:pass |
| 22 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 came | parataxis |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 Ulster | case |
| 24 | Ulster | Ulster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 drawn | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 and | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 came | cc |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 and | punct |
| 28 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 and | acl |
| 29 | away | away | ADV | _ | 28 standing | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 took | punct |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 nose | nmod:poss |
| 32 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 nose | amod |
| 33 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 took | nsubj |
| 34 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 standing | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 air | det |
| 36 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 took | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 knew | punct |
| 38 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 40 knew | mark |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 knew | nsubj |
| 40 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 took | parataxis |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 joy | case |
| 42 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 knew | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 terror | punct |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 terror | case |
| 45 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 knew | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 blown | punct |
| 47 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 50 blown | mark |
| 48 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 blown | nsubj |
| 49 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 blown | aux:pass |
| 50 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 knew | conj |
| 51 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 wind | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 wind | det |
| 53 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 blown | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back in a quote | past | times I | my boundings about Eire | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bounding=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | draw in a quote | past · passive | the strings of my heart | Ulster | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to ulster=Destination | ||||
| 3 | stand away in a quote | gerund | away property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | take in a quote | past | my wide nose | the air | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme | ||||
| 5 | know in a quote | past | the lumbering bear = bear | with joy; with terror | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | blow in a quote | past · passive | men | the wind | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=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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