Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter IX, sentence 21

There are some who say, however, that Fiachna the Black was killed in the year 624 by the lord of the Scot’s Dal Riada, Condad Cerr, at the battle of Ard Carainn; but the people who say this do not know what they are talking about, and they do not care greatly what it is they say.

Who acts: some, lord, people, person · What happens: be, say, kill, not know, talk about, not care · To what, where: Fiachna, battle, this, Ard · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter IX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (some, lord, people, person), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 are	expl
2	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 say	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 are	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 however	punct
7	however	however	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 killed	punct
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 killed	mark
10	Fiachna	Fiachna	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 killed	nsubj:pass
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Black	det
12	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Fiachna	flat
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 killed	aux:pass
14	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 say	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 year	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 year	det
17	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 killed	obl
18	624	624	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 year	flat
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 lord	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 lord	det
21	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 killed	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	26 Dal	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Scot	det
24	Scot	Scot	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 Dal	nmod:poss
25	’s	's	PART	_	24 Scot	case
26	Dal	Dal	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 lord	nmod
27	Riada	Riada	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 Dal	flat
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Condad	punct
29	Condad	Condad	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 Dal	conj
30	Cerr	Cerr	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 Condad	flat
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 battle	punct
32	at	at	ADP	_	34 battle	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 battle	det
34	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 killed	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 Ard	case
36	Ard	Ard	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 battle	nmod
37	Carainn	Carainn	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Ard	flat
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 know	punct
39	but	but	CCONJ	_	47 know	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 people	det
41	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 know	nsubj
42	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	43 say	nsubj
43	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 people	acl:relcl
44	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	43 say	obj
45	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 know	aux
46	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	47 know	advmod
47	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 are	parataxis
48	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	51 talking	obl
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 talking	nsubj
50	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 talking	aux
51	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 know	ccomp
52	about	about	ADP	_	51 talking	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 care	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 care	cc
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 care	nsubj
56	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 care	aux
57	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	58 care	advmod
58	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 are	parataxis
59	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	58 care	advmod
60	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	64 say	obj
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 say	nsubj
62	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 say	cop
63	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 say	nsubj
64	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 care	advcl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 are	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	some				however property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	kill	past · passive	the lord of the Scot's Dal and Condad	Fiachna	the battle of Ard	year		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
4	say speech: assert	present	the people	this				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic
5	not know	present · do-support	the people					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	talk about	present · progressive	people					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	not care	present · do-support	people				greatly property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	is	present	person				say property	tree rules
9	battle			Ard				nom battle «act 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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