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Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XX, sentence 13

His people argued with him and said it was not right that he should give away the treasures of Leinster to the wife of the King of Connaught’s son; but he said that it did not matter, for when he got the girl he would get his treasures with her.

Who acts: people, it, King · What happens: argue, say, not be, give away, not matter, get · To what, where: treasures, wife, girl, Leinster · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (people, it, King), 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

nmod:possnsubjcaseoblccconjnsubjcopadvmodccompmarknsubjauxccompadvmoddetobjcasenmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodcasenmod:posscasenmodpunctccnsubjparataxismarknsubjauxadvmodccomppunctmarkadvmodnsubjadvcldetobjnsubjauxadvclnmod:possobjcaseoblpunctrootHisPRONpeopleNOUNarguedVERBwithADPhimPRONandCCONJsaidVERBitPRONwasAUXnotPARTrightADJthatSCONJhePRONshouldAUXgiveVERBawayADVtheDETtreasuresNOUNofADPLeinsterPROPNtoADPtheDETwifeNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPNofADPConnaughtPROPN’sPARTsonNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJhePRONsaidVERBthatSCONJitPRONdidAUXnotPARTmatterVERB,PUNCTforSCONJwhenADVhePRONgotVERBtheDETgirlNOUNhePRONwouldAUXgetVERBhisPRONtreasuresNOUNwithADPherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 peoplenmod:poss
2peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur3 arguednsubj
3arguedargueVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4withwithADP_5 himcase
5himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 arguedobl
6andandCCONJ_7 saidcc
7saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 arguedconj
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 rightnsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 rightcop
10notnotPARTPolarity=Neg11 rightadvmod
11rightrightADJDegree=Pos7 saidccomp
12thatthatSCONJ_15 givemark
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 givensubj
14shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin15 giveaux
15givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf11 rightccomp
16awayawayADV_15 giveadvmod
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 treasuresdet
18treasurestreasureNOUNNumber=Plur15 giveobj
19ofofADP_20 Leinstercase
20LeinsterLeinsterPROPNNumber=Sing18 treasuresnmod
21totoADP_23 wifecase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 wifedet
23wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing15 giveobl
24ofofADP_26 Kingcase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 Kingdet
26KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing23 wifenmod
27ofofADP_30 soncase
28ConnaughtConnaughtPROPNNumber=Sing30 sonnmod:poss
29’s'sPART_28 Connaughtcase
30sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing26 Kingnmod
31;;PUNCT_34 saidpunct
32butbutCCONJ_34 saidcc
33hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 saidnsubj
34saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 arguedparataxis
35thatthatSCONJ_39 mattermark
36ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 matternsubj
37diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 matteraux
38notnotPARTPolarity=Neg39 matteradvmod
39mattermatterVERBVerbForm=Inf34 saidccomp
40,,PUNCT_49 getpunct
41forforSCONJ_44 gotmark
42whenwhenADVPronType=Int44 gotadvmod
43hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 gotnsubj
44gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 getadvcl
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 girldet
46girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing44 gotobj
47hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 getnsubj
48wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin49 getaux
49getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf39 matteradvcl
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 treasuresnmod:poss
51treasurestreasureNOUNNumber=Plur49 getobj
52withwithADP_53 hercase
53hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 getobl
54..PUNCT_3 arguedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1argue speech: disagreepastKing's peoplewith Kingvn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
2say speech: assertpastKing's people not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3not ispastitright propertytree rules
4give awayshouldKingthe treasures of Leinsterthe wife of the King of Connaught's sonaway propertyvn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to wife=Recipient
5say speech: assertpastKingvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6not matterpast · do-supportitvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
7getpastKingthe girlvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus
8getwouldKingKing's treasureswith girlvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treasure=Stimulus
9treasureLeinsternom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient
10treasureKingnom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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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