Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XIX, sentence 46

Then he changed himself so that he became the living image of Ae, the son of the King of Connaught, who had just been married to Ivell of the Shining Cheeks, and then he changed mac an Da’v into the likeness of Ae’s attendant, and then they all set off towards the fortress, singing the song that begins: My wife is nicer than any one’s wife, Any one’s wife, any one’s wife, My wife is nicer than any one’s wife, Which nobody can deny.

Who acts: Mongan, Cheeks, song, wife · What happens: change, become, marry, mac, set off, sing · To what, where: Mongan, living image, son, Ivell, Da’v, likeness

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 (Mongan, Cheeks, song, wife), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 changed	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 changed	nsubj
3	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 changed	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 became	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 became	nsubj
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 image	det
10	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 image	amod
11	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 became	xcomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Ae	case
13	Ae	Ae	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 image	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 son	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 son	det
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Ae	appos
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 King	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 King	det
19	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 son	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Connaught	case
21	Connaught	Connaught	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 King	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 married	punct
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 married	nsubj:pass
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 married	aux
25	just	just	ADV	_	27 married	advmod
26	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 married	aux:pass
27	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 son	acl:relcl
28	to	to	ADP	_	29 Ivell	case
29	Ivell	Ivell	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 married	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	33 Cheeks	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Cheeks	det
32	Shining	Shining	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Cheeks	compound
33	Cheeks	Cheek	PROPN	Number=Plur	29 Ivell	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 changed	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 changed	cc
36	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	38 changed	advmod
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 changed	nsubj
38	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	conj
39	mac	mac	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 changed	xcomp
40	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 Da’v	det
41	Da’v	Da'v	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 mac	obj
42	into	into	ADP	_	44 likeness	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 likeness	det
44	likeness	likeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 mac	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	48 attendant	case
46	Ae	Ae	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 attendant	nmod:poss
47	’s	's	PART	_	46 Ae	case
48	attendant	attendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 likeness	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 set	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 set	cc
51	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	54 set	advmod
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 set	nsubj
53	all	all	ADV	_	54 set	advmod
54	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	conj
55	off	off	ADP	_	54 set	compound:prt
56	towards	towards	ADP	_	58 fortress	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 fortress	det
58	fortress	fortress	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 set	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 singing	punct
60	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 changed	advcl
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 song	det
62	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 singing	obj
63	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 begins	nsubj
64	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 song	acl:relcl
65	:	:	PUNCT	_	69 nicer	punct
66	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 wife	nmod:poss
67	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 nicer	nsubj
68	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 nicer	cop
69	nicer	nice	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 changed	parataxis
70	than	than	ADP	_	74 wife	case
71	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	72 one	det
72	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 wife	nmod:poss
73	’s	's	PART	_	72 one	case
74	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 nicer	obl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 wife	punct
76	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	77 one	det
77	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 wife	nmod:poss
78	’s	's	PART	_	77 one	case
79	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 wife	nmod
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 wife	punct
81	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	82 one	det
82	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 wife	nmod:poss
83	’s	's	PART	_	82 one	case
84	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 nicer	punct
86	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	87 wife	nmod:poss
87	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 nicer	nsubj
88	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	89 nicer	cop
89	nicer	nice	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	84 wife	amod
90	than	than	ADP	_	94 wife	case
91	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	92 one	det
92	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 wife	nmod:poss
93	’s	's	PART	_	92 one	case
94	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 nicer	obl
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 deny	punct
96	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	99 deny	nsubj
97	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	99 deny	nsubj
98	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	99 deny	aux
99	deny	deny	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	94 wife	parataxis
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 changed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	Mongan	Mongan			then	any one's wife obl	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	become	past	Mongan	the living image of Ae					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	marry	past · perfect · passive		the son of the King of Connaught	Ivell of the Shining Cheeks				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to ivell=Co-Patient
4	change	past	Mongan				then		tree rules
5	mac	infinitive	Mongan not said here	a Da’v		the likeness of Ae's attendant			tree rules
6	set off	present	Cheeks = cheek			the fortress	then	all property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards fortress=Initial_Location
7	sing speech: express	gerund	Mongan not said here	the song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
8	begin	present	the song						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
9	is	present	My wife					than any one's wife any one's wife; nice property	tree rules
10	is	present	My wife					than any one's wife; nice property	tree rules
11	deny	can	any one's wife						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
12	image			Ae					nom image «cognition 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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