Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XIX, sentence 14

Every few steps it used to sit down on its hunkers and point its nose straight upwards, and make a long, sad complaint about its tooth; and after that it used to reach its hind leg round and try to scratch out its tooth; and then it used to be pulled on again by the straw rope that was round its neck, and which was tied at the other end to the hag’s heaviest foot.

Who acts: few steps, dog, straw rope · What happens: use, sit down, point, make, reach, try · To what, where: hunkers, nose, long sad complaint, hind leg, tooth, other end

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XIX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (few steps, dog, straw rope), 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	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 steps	det
2	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 steps	amod
3	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	nsubj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 used	nsubj
5	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sit	mark
7	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	xcomp
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 sit	compound:prt
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 hunkers	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hunkers	nmod:poss
11	hunkers	hunker	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sit	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 point	cc
13	point	point	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sit	conj
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 nose	nmod:poss
15	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 point	obj
16	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 point	xcomp
17	upwards	upwards	ADV	_	13 point	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 make	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 make	cc
20	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 complaint	det
22	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 complaint	amod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 long	punct
24	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 complaint	amod
25	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 make	obj
26	about	about	ADP	_	28 tooth	case
27	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 tooth	nmod:poss
28	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 complaint	nmod
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 used	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 used	cc
31	after	after	SCONJ	_	34 used	mark
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 used	mark
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 used	nsubj
34	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 used	conj
35	to	to	PART	_	36 reach	mark
36	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 used	xcomp
37	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 leg	nmod:poss
38	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 leg	amod
39	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 reach	obj
40	round	round	ADV	_	36 reach	advmod
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 try	cc
42	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 reach	conj
43	to	to	PART	_	44 scratch	mark
44	scratch	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 try	xcomp
45	out	out	ADP	_	44 scratch	compound:prt
46	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 tooth	nmod:poss
47	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 scratch	obj
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 used	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 used	cc
50	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	52 used	advmod
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 used	nsubj
52	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 used	parataxis
53	to	to	PART	_	55 pulled	mark
54	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	55 pulled	aux:pass
55	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 used	xcomp
56	on	on	ADP	_	55 pulled	compound:prt
57	again	again	ADV	_	55 pulled	advmod
58	by	by	ADP	_	61 rope	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 rope	det
60	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 rope	compound
61	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 pulled	obl
62	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	66 neck	nsubj
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 neck	cop
64	round	round	ADP	_	66 neck	case
65	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 neck	nmod:poss
66	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 rope	acl:relcl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 tied	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 tied	cc
69	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 tied	nsubj:pass
70	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 tied	aux:pass
71	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 used	conj
72	at	at	ADP	_	75 end	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 end	det
74	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 end	amod
75	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 tied	obl
76	to	to	ADP	_	81 foot	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 hag	det
78	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 foot	nmod:poss
79	’s	's	PART	_	78 hag	case
80	heaviest	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	81 foot	amod
81	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 end	nmod
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	every few steps					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	sit down	to-infinitive	every few steps not said here		dog's hunkers			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hunker=Location
3	point	infinitive	every few steps not said here	dog's nose			straight, upwards property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient
4	make	infinitive	every few steps not said here	a long sad complaint			about dog's tooth	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset complaint=Product
5	use	past	dog					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	reach	to-infinitive	dog not said here	dog's hind leg			round property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent leg=Theme
7	try	infinitive	dog not said here					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8	scratch out not said to happen	to-infinitive	dog not said here	dog's tooth				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme
9	use	past	dog			then		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
10	pull on	to-infinitive · passive	the straw rope			again		vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	is	past	the straw rope				round dog's neck	tree rules
12	tie	past · passive				at the other end to the hag's heaviest foot		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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