Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 34

He wore a breastplate and helmet of gold, a mantle of blue satin swung from his shoulders, his left hand was thrust into the grips of a purple shield, deeply bossed with silver, and in the other hand he held the wide-grooved, blue hilted sword which had rung so often into fights and combats, and joyous feats and exercises.

Who acts: King · What happens: wear, swing, be, boss, hold, groove · To what, where: breastplate, grips, blue satin, shoulders, hand thrust, purple shield

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 (King), 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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 breastplate	det
4	breastplate	breastplate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 helmet	cc
6	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breastplate	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gold	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helmet	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mantle	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mantle	det
11	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breastplate	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 satin	case
13	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 satin	amod
14	satin	satin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mantle	nmod
15	swung	swing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 satin	acl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 shoulders	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 shoulders	nmod:poss
18	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 swung	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 thrust	punct
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 hand	nmod:poss
21	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 hand	amod
22	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 thrust	compound
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 thrust	cop
24	thrust	thrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breastplate	conj
25	into	into	ADP	_	27 grips	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 grips	det
27	grips	grip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wore	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	31 shield	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 shield	det
30	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 shield	amod
31	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 grips	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 bossed	punct
33	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	34 bossed	advmod
34	bossed	boss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 shield	acl
35	with	with	ADP	_	36 silver	case
36	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 bossed	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 held	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 held	cc
39	in	in	ADP	_	42 hand	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 hand	det
41	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 hand	amod
42	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 held	obl
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 held	nsubj
44	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wore	conj
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 sword	det
46	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 grooved	compound
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	46 wide	punct
48	grooved	groove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 sword	amod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 blue	punct
50	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 sword	amod
51	hilted	hilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 sword	amod
52	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 held	obj
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 rung	nsubj:pass
54	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 rung	aux
55	rung	ring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 sword	acl:relcl
56	so	so	ADV	_	57 often	advmod
57	often	often	ADV	_	55 rung	advmod
58	into	into	ADP	_	59 fights	case
59	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 rung	obl
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 combats	cc
61	combats	combat	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 fights	conj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 feats	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 feats	cc
64	joyous	joyous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 feats	amod
65	feats	feat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wore	parataxis
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 exercises	cc
67	exercises	exercise	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 feats	conj
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wear	past	King	a breastplate and helmet of gold and a mantle of blue satin and hand thrust	the grips of a purple shield		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent breastplate=Theme
2	swing	participle		blue satin not said here	King's shoulders		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from shoulder=Trajectory
3	is a	past	King not said here	hand thrust			tree rules
4	boss	participle		a purple shield not said here		with silver; deeply property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent
5	hold	past	King	the grooved blue hilted sword	the other hand		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Theme in hand=Location
6	groove	participle					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	hilt	participle					tree rules
8	ring	past · perfect · passive		the grooved blue hilted sword	fights and combats	often property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
9	grip			a purple shield			nom grip «act transitive»: of=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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