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Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 14

These things and creatures were the invention of Dog Head, the wife of Morgan, for it had become known to her that she would die on the day her daughter was wooed.

Who acts: things, invention, Morgan · What happens: be, become, know, die, woo · To what, where: invention, Morgan, daughter

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter X. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (things, invention, Morgan), 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

detnsubjccconjcopdetcasenmodflatpunctdetapposcasenmodpunctmarknsubjauxparataxisxcompcaseoblmarknsubjauxxcompcasedetoblnmod:possnsubjaux:passacl:relclpunctrootTheseDETthingsNOUNandCCONJcreaturesNOUNwereAUXtheDETinventionNOUNofADPDogPROPNHeadPROPN,PUNCTtheDETwifeNOUNofADPMorganPROPN,PUNCTforSCONJitPRONhadAUXbecomeVERBknownVERBtoADPherPRONthatSCONJshePRONwouldAUXdieVERBonADPtheDETdayNOUNherPRONdaughterNOUNwasAUXwooedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem2 thingsdet
2thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur7 inventionnsubj
3andandCCONJ_4 creaturescc
4creaturescreatureNOUNNumber=Plur2 thingsconj
5werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 inventioncop
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 inventiondet
7inventioninventionNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8ofofADP_9 Dogcase
9DogDogPROPNNumber=Sing7 inventionnmod
10HeadHeadPROPNNumber=Sing9 Dogflat
11,,PUNCT_13 wifepunct
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 wifedet
13wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing9 Dogappos
14ofofADP_15 Morgancase
15MorganMorganPROPNNumber=Sing13 wifenmod
16,,PUNCT_20 becomepunct
17forforSCONJ_20 becomemark
18ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 becomensubj
19hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 becomeaux
20becomebecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part7 inventionparataxis
21knownknowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 becomexcomp
22totoADP_23 hercase
23hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 knownobl
24thatthatSCONJ_27 diemark
25sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 diensubj
26wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin27 dieaux
27diedieVERBVerbForm=Inf21 knownxcomp
28ononADP_30 daycase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 daydet
30daydayNOUNNumber=Sing27 dieobl
31herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 daughternmod:poss
32daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing34 wooednsubj
33wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 wooedaux:pass
34wooedwooVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass30 dayacl:relcl
35..PUNCT_7 inventionpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastthis things and creaturesthe inventionof Dogtree rules
2becomepast · perfectinventiontree rules
3knowparticipleinvention not said hereMorganvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4diewouldMorgandayvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5woopast · passiveMorgan's daughtervn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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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