Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XVIII, sentence 38
When the men of Ulster saw the condition into which Mongan fell they were in great distress, and they all got sick through compassion for their king.
Who acts: men, Mongan · What happens: see, fall, be, get · To what, where: condition, great distress, compassion
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XVIII. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, Mongan), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 men | det |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Ulster | case |
| 5 | Ulster | Ulster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 men | nmod |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 condition | det |
| 8 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | obj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 fell | obl |
| 11 | Mongan | Mongan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | nsubj |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 condition | acl:relcl |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 distress | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 distress | cop |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 distress | case |
| 16 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 distress | amod |
| 17 | distress | distress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | ccomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 got | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 got | cc |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 got | nsubj |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 they | det |
| 22 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 23 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 got | xcomp |
| 24 | through | through | ADP | _ | 25 compassion | case |
| 25 | compassion | compassion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 got | obl |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 king | case |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 king | nmod:poss |
| 28 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 compassion | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the men of Ulster | the condition | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer condition=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fall | past | Mongan | the condition | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into which=Result | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Mongan | great distress | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | get | past | Mongan | compassion for Mongan's king | sick property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through compassion=Destination |
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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