Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 25
Two young girls came to him then, having a cup in each of their hands, and presented him with the kingly drink, but, remembering the warning which Credl had given him, he drank only from the right-hand cup and escaped the poison.
Who acts: Two young girls, Art · What happens: come, have, present, remember, give, drink · To what, where: Art, cup, each, warning, hand cup, poison
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 (Two young girls, Art), 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 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 girls | nummod |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girls | amod |
| 3 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | obl |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 came | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 having | punct |
| 9 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 came | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cup | det |
| 11 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 having | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 each | case |
| 13 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 having | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 hands | case |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hands | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 each | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 presented | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 presented | cc |
| 19 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 presented | obj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 drink | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 drink | det |
| 23 | kingly | kingly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 drink | amod |
| 24 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 presented | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 drank | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 drank | cc |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 remembering | punct |
| 28 | remembering | remember | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 drank | advcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 warning | det |
| 30 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 remembering | obj |
| 31 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 given | nsubj |
| 32 | Credl | Credl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 given | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 given | aux |
| 34 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 warning | acl:relcl |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 given | iobj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 remembering | punct |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 drank | nsubj |
| 38 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | parataxis |
| 39 | only | only | ADV | _ | 45 cup | advmod |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 cup | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 cup | det |
| 42 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 hand | amod |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 right | punct |
| 44 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 cup | compound |
| 45 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 drank | obl |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 escaped | cc |
| 47 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 drank | conj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 poison | det |
| 49 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 escaped | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Two young girls | Art | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | have | gerund | Two young girls not said here | a cup | each | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | |||
| 3 | present | past | Two young girls not said here | Art | with the kingly drink | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with drink=Theme | |||
| 4 | remember | gerund | Art not said here | the warning | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent warning=Theme | ||||
| 5 | give | past · perfect · passive | the warning | Art | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | ||||
| 6 | drink | past | Art | the hand cup | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from cup=Source | ||||
| 7 | escape | past | Art not said here | the poison | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme poison=Initial_Location |
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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