Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter X, sentence 52

For a time they sat panting, staring at each other, holding each other, lest not only their lives but their very souls should be swirled away in the gusty passage of world within world; and then, looking abroad, they saw the small bright waves creaming by the rocks of Ben Edair, and they blessed the power that had guided and protected them, and they blessed the comely land of Ir.

Who acts: waves, small bright waves, world · What happens: sit, pant, stare, hold, swirl away, look · To what, where: each, souls, gusty passage, small bright waves, power, waves

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 (waves, small bright waves, world), 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	For	for	ADP	_	3 time	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 time	det
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	nsubj
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	panting	pant	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 sat	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 staring	punct
8	staring	stare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 panting	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 each	case
10	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	8 staring	obl
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 each	fixed
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 holding	punct
13	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 panting	advcl
14	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	13 holding	obj
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 each	fixed
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lives	punct
17	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	21 lives	case
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 lives	advmod
19	only	only	ADV	_	21 lives	advmod
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 lives	nmod:poss
21	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 panting	obl
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 swirled	cc
23	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 souls	nmod:poss
24	very	very	ADV	_	25 souls	advmod
25	souls	soul	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 swirled	nsubj:pass
26	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 swirled	aux
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	28 swirled	aux:pass
28	swirled	swirl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sat	conj
29	away	away	ADV	_	28 swirled	advmod
30	in	in	ADP	_	33 passage	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 passage	det
32	gusty	gusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 passage	amod
33	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 swirled	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 world	case
35	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 passage	nmod
36	within	within	ADP	_	37 world	case
37	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 passage	nmod
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 looking	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 looking	cc
40	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 looking	advmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 looking	punct
42	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sat	advcl
43	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	42 looking	advmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 saw	punct
45	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 saw	nsubj
46	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	conj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 waves	det
48	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 waves	amod
49	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 waves	amod
50	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 saw	obj
51	creaming	cream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	50 waves	acl
52	by	by	ADP	_	54 rocks	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 rocks	det
54	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 creaming	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	56 Ben	case
56	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 rocks	nmod
57	Edair	Edair	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Ben	flat
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 blessed	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 blessed	cc
60	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 blessed	nsubj
61	blessed	bless	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	conj
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 power	det
63	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 blessed	obj
64	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	66 guided	nsubj:pass
65	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 guided	aux
66	guided	guide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	63 power	acl:relcl
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 protected	cc
68	protected	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 blessed	conj
69	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 protected	obj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 blessed	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 blessed	cc
72	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 blessed	nsubj
73	blessed	bless	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	conj
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 land	det
75	comely	comely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 land	amod
76	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 blessed	obj
77	of	of	ADP	_	78 Ir	case
78	Ir	Ir	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 land	nmod
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	waves = wave			time		tree rules
2	pant	gerund	waves = wave not said here				lest waves's lives	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stare	gerund	waves = wave not said here				at each	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at each=Theme
4	hold	gerund	waves = wave not said here	each				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme
5	swirl away	should · passive		waves's souls	the gusty passage of world within world		away property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
6	look	gerund	waves = wave not said here			then	abroad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7	see	past	waves = wave	the small bright waves				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wave=Stimulus
8	cream	gerund	the small bright waves not said here				by the rocks of Ben	vn mix-22.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
9	bless	past	waves = wave	the power				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme
10	guide	past · perfect · passive		the power				vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
11	protect	past	waves = wave not said here	waves = wave				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary
12	bless	past	waves = wave	the comely land of Ir				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme
13	pass		world				within world	nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent within=obl

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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