Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter VII, sentence 7

“And I, with joyful heart, thrust a black bristle through the hole of the cave, and when they saw that wriggling snout, those curving tusks, that red fierce eye, the wolves fled yelping, tumbling over each other, frantic with terror; and I behind them, a wild cat for leaping, a giant for strength, a devil for ferocity; a madness and gladness of lusty, unsparing life; a killer, a champion, a boar who could not be defied.

Who acts: cave, red fierce eye, I, wild cat · What happens: see, wriggle, curve, flee, yelp, tumble · To what, where: snout, each, boar

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter VII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cave, red fierce eye, I, wild cat), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	3 I	punct
2	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 I	cc
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 heart	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 heart	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 heart	case
6	joyful	joyful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 heart	amod
7	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thrust	punct
9	thrust	thrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heart	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bristle	det
11	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bristle	amod
12	bristle	bristle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heart	conj
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 hole	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hole	det
15	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bristle	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 cave	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cave	det
18	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hole	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 saw	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 saw	cc
21	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 saw	advmod
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 saw	nsubj
23	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bristle	acl:relcl
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 wriggling	mark
25	wriggling	wriggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 saw	advcl
26	snout	snout	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wriggling	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 tusks	punct
28	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	30 tusks	det
29	curving	curve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 tusks	amod
30	tusks	tusk	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 wriggling	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 fled	punct
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 fled	mark
33	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 eye	amod
34	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 eye	amod
35	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 fled	nsubj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 eye	punct
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 wolves	det
38	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 fled	nsubj
39	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 saw	conj
40	yelping	yelp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 fled	advcl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 tumbling	punct
42	tumbling	tumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 yelping	conj
43	over	over	ADP	_	44 each	case
44	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	42 tumbling	obl
45	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 each	fixed
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 frantic	punct
47	frantic	frantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 yelping	conj
48	with	with	ADP	_	49 terror	case
49	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 frantic	obl
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 cat	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 I	cc
52	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 cat	nsubj
53	behind	behind	ADP	_	54 them	case
54	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 I	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 cat	punct
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 cat	det
57	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 cat	amod
58	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 saw	conj
59	for	for	SCONJ	_	60 leaping	mark
60	leaping	leap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	58 cat	acl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 giant	punct
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 giant	det
63	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 cat	parataxis
64	for	for	ADP	_	65 strength	case
65	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 giant	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 devil	punct
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 devil	det
68	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 strength	appos
69	for	for	ADP	_	70 ferocity	case
70	ferocity	ferocity	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 devil	nmod
71	;	;	PUNCT	_	73 madness	punct
72	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	73 madness	det
73	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 giant	conj
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 gladness	cc
75	gladness	gladness	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 madness	conj
76	of	of	ADP	_	80 life	case
77	lusty	lusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 life	amod
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 lusty	punct
79	unsparing	unsparing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 life	amod
80	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 gladness	nmod
81	;	;	PUNCT	_	83 killer	punct
82	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 killer	det
83	killer	killer	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 madness	appos
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 champion	punct
85	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	86 champion	det
86	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 killer	conj
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 boar	punct
88	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 boar	det
89	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 killer	conj
90	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	94 defied	nsubj:pass
91	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	94 defied	aux
92	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	94 defied	advmod
93	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	94 defied	aux:pass
94	defied	defy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	89 boar	acl:relcl
95	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 heart	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past	cave				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	wriggle in a quote	gerund	cave not said here	snout		that curving tusks obl	tree rules
3	curve in a quote	gerund					vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
4	flee in a quote	past	red fierce eye				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	yelp in a quote	gerund	red fierce eye not said here				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	tumble in a quote	gerund	red fierce eye not said here		each		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over each=Initial_Location
7	cat in a quote		I				tree rules
8	leap in a quote	gerund	a wild cat not said here				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	not defy in a quote	could · passive		a boar			tree rules

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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