Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II. Said Cairide’:, sentence 13
Among the names which her husband mentioned there was one which, because of the frequency with which it appeared, and because of the tone of anguish and love and longing in which it was uttered, she thought of oftener than the others: this name was Duv Laca.
Who acts: husband, one, it, lament, name · What happens: mention, be, appear, utter, think, intonate · To what, where: names, longing, Duv, anguish
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter II. Said Cairide’:. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband, one, it, lament), 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 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 3 names | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 names | det |
| 3 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 was | obl |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 mentioned | obj |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 husband | nmod:poss |
| 6 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mentioned | nsubj |
| 7 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 names | acl:relcl |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 was | expl |
| 9 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 was | nsubj |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 one | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 frequency | punct |
| 13 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 16 frequency | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 because | fixed |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 frequency | det |
| 16 | frequency | frequency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 was | obl |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 which | case |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 appeared | obl |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 appeared | nsubj |
| 20 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 frequency | acl:relcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 thought | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 thought | cc |
| 23 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 26 tone | case |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 because | fixed |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 tone | det |
| 26 | tone | tone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 thought | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 anguish | case |
| 28 | anguish | anguish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 tone | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 love | cc |
| 30 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 anguish | conj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 longing | cc |
| 32 | longing | longing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 anguish | conj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 which | case |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 uttered | obl |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 uttered | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 uttered | aux:pass |
| 37 | uttered | utter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 longing | acl:relcl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 tone | punct |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 thought | nsubj |
| 40 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 appeared | conj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 oftener | case |
| 42 | oftener | often | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 40 thought | xcomp |
| 43 | than | than | ADP | _ | 45 others | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 others | det |
| 45 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 oftener | obl |
| 46 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 50 Duv | punct |
| 47 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 48 name | det |
| 48 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Duv | nsubj |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 Duv | cop |
| 50 | Duv | Duv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 oftener | obl |
| 51 | Laca | Laca | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Duv | flat |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mention speech: other | past | lament's husband | the names | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic | ||||
| 2 | be | past | one | the names; there | because the frequency | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among name=Location | |||
| 3 | appear | past | it | with the frequency | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | utter speech: other | past · passive | longing | longing | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | past | lament | because the tone of anguish and love and longing; often property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is a | past | this name | Duv | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | intonate | anguish and love and longing | nom tone «communication 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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