Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IV, sentence 12

They saw the shapes of the country to which their eyes were accustomed, and recognised the well-known landmarks, but it seemed that the distant hills were a trifle higher, and the grass which clothed them and stretched between was greener, was more velvety: that the trees were better clothed and had more of peace as they hung over the quiet ground.

Who acts: front, it, distant hills, grass, trees · What happens: see, accustom, recognise, know, seem, be · To what, where: shapes, eyes, known landmarks, front, more, quiet ground

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (front, it, distant hills, grass), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shapes	det
4	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saw	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 country	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 country	det
7	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shapes	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 accustomed	obl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eyes	nmod:poss
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 accustomed	nsubj:pass
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 accustomed	aux:pass
13	accustomed	accustom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 country	acl:relcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 recognised	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 recognised	cc
16	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 landmarks	det
18	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 known	advmod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 well	punct
20	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 landmarks	amod
21	landmarks	landmark	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 recognised	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 seemed	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 seemed	cc
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 seemed	nsubj
25	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	parataxis
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 higher	mark
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 hills	det
28	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 hills	amod
29	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 higher	nsubj
30	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 higher	cop
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 trifle	det
32	trifle	trifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 higher	nsubj
33	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	25 seemed	xcomp
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 clothed	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 clothed	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 grass	det
37	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 clothed	nsubj
38	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 clothed	nsubj
39	clothed	clothe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	parataxis
40	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 clothed	obj
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 stretched	cc
42	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 clothed	conj
43	between	between	ADP	_	45 greener	case
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 greener	cop
45	greener	green	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	42 stretched	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 velvety	punct
47	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 velvety	cop
48	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	49 velvety	advmod
49	velvety	velvety	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 saw	conj
50	:	:	PUNCT	_	55 better	punct
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 better	mark
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 trees	det
53	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 better	nsubj
54	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 better	cop
55	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 saw	parataxis
56	clothed	clothe	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	55 better	cop
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 had	cc
58	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
59	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	58 had	obj
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 peace	case
61	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 more	obl
62	as	as	SCONJ	_	64 hung	mark
63	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 hung	nsubj
64	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 had	advcl
65	over	over	ADP	_	68 ground	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 ground	det
67	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 ground	amod
68	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 hung	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	front	the shapes of the country			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus
2	accustom	past · passive		front's eyes		to the country	tree rules
3	recognise	past	front not said here	the known landmarks			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer landmark=Stimulus
4	know	participle				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	seem	past	it				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
6	is	past	the distant hills			high property	tree rules
7	clothe	past	the grass	front			vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
8	stretch	participle	the grass not said here				vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	is	past				green property	tree rules
10	is	past	front not said here			velvety property	tree rules
11	is	past	the trees			good property	tree rules
12	have	past	front not said here	more			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient
13	hang	past	front		the quiet ground		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over ground=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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