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Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XX, sentence 1

The doorkeeper brought word to the King of Leinster that the son of the King of Connaught, Ae the Beautiful, and his wife, Ivell of the Shining Cheeks, were at the door, that they had been banished from Connaught by Ae’s father, and they were seeking the protection of the King of Leinster.

Who acts: doorkeeper, wife, father, Cheeks · What happens: bring, be, banish, seek, protect · To what, where: word, King, door, Cheeks, Connaught, protection

This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XX. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doorkeeper, wife, father, Cheeks), 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

detnsubjobjcasedetoblcasenmodnsubjdetnsubjcasedetnmodcasenmodpunctconjdetparataxispunctccnmod:possnsubjpunctapposcasedetcompoundnmodpunctcopcasedetoblpunctmarknsubjauxaux:passconjcaseoblcasenmod:posscaseoblpunctccnsubjauxconjdetobjcasedetnmodcasenmodpunctrootTheDETdoorkeeperNOUNbroughtVERBwordNOUNtoADPtheDETKingPROPNofADPLeinsterPROPNthatPRONtheDETsonNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPNofADPConnaughtPROPN,PUNCTAePROPNtheDETBeautifulADJ,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONwifeNOUN,PUNCTIvellPROPNofADPtheDETShiningPROPNCheeksNOUN,PUNCTwereAUXatADPtheDETdoorNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJtheyPRONhadAUXbeenAUXbanishedVERBfromADPConnaughtPROPNbyADPAePROPN’sPARTfatherNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheyPRONwereAUXseekingVERBtheDETprotectionNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPNofADPLeinsterPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 doorkeeperdet
2doorkeeperdoorkeeperNOUNNumber=Sing3 broughtnsubj
3broughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing3 broughtobj
5totoADP_7 Kingcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Kingdet
7KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing3 broughtobl
8ofofADP_9 Leinstercase
9LeinsterLeinsterPROPNNumber=Sing7 Kingnmod
10thatthatPRONPronType=Rel21 Beautifulnsubj
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 sondet
12sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing21 Beautifulnsubj
13ofofADP_15 Kingcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 Kingdet
15KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing12 sonnmod
16ofofADP_17 Connaughtcase
17ConnaughtConnaughtPROPNNumber=Sing15 Kingnmod
18,,PUNCT_19 Aepunct
19AeAePROPNNumber=Sing15 Kingconj
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 Beautifuldet
21BeautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos3 broughtparataxis
22,,PUNCT_36 doorpunct
23andandCCONJ_36 doorcc
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 wifenmod:poss
25wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing36 doornsubj
26,,PUNCT_27 Ivellpunct
27IvellIvellPROPNNumber=Sing25 wifeappos
28ofofADP_31 Cheekscase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 Cheeksdet
30ShiningShiningPROPNNumber=Sing31 Cheekscompound
31CheekscheekNOUNNumber=Plur27 Ivellnmod
32,,PUNCT_25 wifepunct
33werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 doorcop
34atatADP_36 doorcase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 doordet
36doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing21 Beautifulobl
37,,PUNCT_42 banishedpunct
38thatthatSCONJ_42 banishedmark
39theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs42 banishednsubj
40hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 banishedaux
41beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part42 banishedaux:pass
42banishedbanishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 doorconj
43fromfromADP_44 Connaughtcase
44ConnaughtConnaughtPROPNNumber=Sing42 banishedobl
45bybyADP_48 fathercase
46AeAePROPNNumber=Sing48 fathernmod:poss
47’s'sPART_46 Aecase
48fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing42 banishedobl
49,,PUNCT_53 seekingpunct
50andandCCONJ_53 seekingcc
51theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs53 seekingnsubj
52werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin53 seekingaux
53seekingseekVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part48 fatherconj
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 protectiondet
55protectionprotectionNOUNNumber=Sing53 seekingobj
56ofofADP_58 Kingcase
57thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 Kingdet
58KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing55 protectionnmod
59ofofADP_60 Leinstercase
60LeinsterLeinsterPROPNNumber=Sing58 Kingnmod
61..PUNCT_3 broughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bringpastthe doorkeeperwordthe King of Leinstervn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme to king=Destination
2ispastson's wifethe doortree rules
3banishpast · perfect · passiveAe's fatherCheeks = cheekConnaughtvn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from connaught=Source
4seekpast · progressiveCheeks = cheekthe protection of the King of Leinstervn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protection=Theme
5protectthe King of Leinsternom protection «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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