Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter II. Said Cairide’:, sentence 16

She asked her husband then, boldly, to tell her the story of Duv Laca, and under the influence of their mutual love he promised to tell it to her some time, but each time she reminded him of his promise he became confused, and said that he would tell it some other time.

Who acts: lament, husband, tellers · What happens: ask, tell, promise, remind, become, say · To what, where: husband, story, lament, influence, promise · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (lament, husband, tellers), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 asked	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boldly	punct
7	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 asked	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 tell	mark
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tell	iobj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 story	det
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Duv	case
15	Duv	Duv	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 story	nmod
16	Laca	Laca	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Duv	flat
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 promised	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 promised	cc
19	under	under	ADP	_	21 influence	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 influence	det
21	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 promised	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 love	case
23	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 love	nmod:poss
24	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 love	amod
25	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 influence	nmod
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 promised	nsubj
27	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj
28	to	to	PART	_	29 tell	mark
29	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 promised	xcomp
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 tell	obj
31	to	to	ADP	_	34 time	case
32	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 time	nmod:poss
33	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	34 time	det
34	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 tell	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 reminded	punct
36	but	but	CCONJ	_	40 reminded	cc
37	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	38 time	det
38	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 reminded	obl:unmarked
39	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 reminded	nsubj
40	reminded	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 reminded	obj
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 promise	case
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 promise	nmod:poss
44	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 reminded	obl
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 became	nsubj
46	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 promise	acl:relcl
47	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 became	xcomp
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 said	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 said	cc
50	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	54 tell	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 tell	nsubj
53	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 tell	aux
54	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 said	ccomp
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 tell	obj
56	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	58 time	det
57	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 time	amod
58	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 tell	obl:unmarked
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	lament		lament's husband		then	boldly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	lament not said here	the story of Duv	lament				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic
3	promise speech: promise	past	husband			the influence of tellers's mutual love			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	husband not said here		story		time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
5	remind speech: other	past	lament		husband		time	of husband's promise	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of promise=Topic
6	become	past	husband	husband's promise not said here				confused property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient promise=Result
7	say speech: assert	past							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	tell speech: assert	would	husband		story		time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
9	love		tellers = teller						nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
10	promise		husband						nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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