Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VI, sentence 13

So vast was the slaughter made by these sheep and so great the terror they caused, that no one could stand before them, but by great good luck there was a wood at hand, and the men of Ulster, warriors and princes and charioteers, were forced to climb up the trees, and they roosted among the branches like great birds, while the venomous sheep ranged below bleating terribly and tearing up the ground.

Who acts: vast, sheep, one, great good luck, men, venomous sheep · What happens: be, make, cause, stand, force, climb up · To what, where: slaughter, terror, wood, hand, men, trees

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VI. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (vast, sheep, one, great good luck), 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 slaughter	advmod
2	vast	vast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slaughter	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slaughter	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 slaughter	det
5	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 slaughter	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 sheep	case
8	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 sheep	det
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 great	cc
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 great	advmod
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 made	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 terror	det
14	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 great	nsubj
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 caused	nsubj
16	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 terror	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 stand	punct
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 stand	mark
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 one	det
20	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 stand	nsubj
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 stand	aux
22	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 caused	ccomp
23	before	before	ADP	_	24 them	case
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 stand	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 wood	punct
26	but	but	CCONJ	_	34 wood	cc
27	by	by	ADP	_	30 luck	case
28	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 luck	amod
29	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 luck	amod
30	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 wood	nsubj
31	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	32 was	expl
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 wood	cop
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 wood	det
34	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slaughter	conj
35	at	at	ADP	_	36 hand	case
36	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 wood	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 forced	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 forced	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 men	det
40	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 forced	nsubj:pass
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 Ulster	case
42	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 men	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 warriors	punct
44	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 men	conj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 princes	cc
46	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 men	conj
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 charioteers	cc
48	charioteers	charioteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 men	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 men	punct
50	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 forced	aux:pass
51	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 slaughter	parataxis
52	to	to	PART	_	53 climb	mark
53	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 forced	xcomp
54	up	up	ADP	_	53 climb	compound:prt
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 trees	det
56	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 climb	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 roosted	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 roosted	cc
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 roosted	nsubj
60	roosted	roost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 forced	parataxis
61	among	among	ADP	_	63 branches	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 branches	det
63	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 roosted	obl
64	like	like	ADP	_	66 birds	case
65	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 birds	amod
66	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 branches	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 ranged	punct
68	while	while	SCONJ	_	72 ranged	mark
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 sheep	det
70	venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 sheep	amod
71	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 ranged	nsubj
72	ranged	range	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 roosted	conj
73	below	below	ADP	_	74 bleating	case
74	bleating	bleating	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 ranged	obl
75	terribly	terribly	ADV	_	72 ranged	advmod
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 tearing	cc
77	tearing	tear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	72 ranged	conj
78	up	up	ADP	_	77 tearing	compound:prt
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 ground	det
80	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 tearing	obj
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 slaughter	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	vast	the slaughter but a wood				tree rules
2	make	participle		the slaughter but a wood not said here			by this sheep; great property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	cause	past	sheep	the terror not said here				tree rules
4	stand	could	no one			before sheep		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before they=Location
5	is a	past	great good luck	a wood	hand			tree rules
6	force	past · passive		the men of Ulster and warriors and princes and charioteers				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
7	climb up	to-infinitive	the men of Ulster and warriors and princes and charioteers not said here	the trees				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
8	roost	past	men = man		the branches like great birds			vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among branch=Location
9	range	participle	the venomous sheep		bleating		terribly property	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
10	tear up	gerund	the venomous sheep not said here	the ground				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location ground=Theme

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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