Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XX, sentence 7

Then he sent a messenger to her to say that it was a far better thing to be the wife of the King of Leinster than to be the wife of the son of the King of Connaught, for a king is better than a prince, and Ivell thought that this was as wise a thing as anybody had ever said.

Who acts: Branduv, messenger, king, Ivell, this, anybody · What happens: send, say, be, think · To what, where: messenger, Duv, better thing, wife · 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 (Branduv, messenger, king, Ivell), 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 sent	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 messenger	det
5	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 say	mark
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 thing	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 thing	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 thing	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 thing	det
14	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 better	advmod
15	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 thing	amod
16	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	20 wife	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 wife	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wife	det
20	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 thing	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 King	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 King	det
23	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 wife	nmod
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Leinster	case
25	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 King	nmod
26	than	than	ADP	_	30 wife	case
27	to	to	PART	_	30 wife	mark
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	30 wife	cop
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 wife	det
30	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 thing	nmod
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 son	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 son	det
33	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 wife	nmod
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 King	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 King	det
36	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 son	nmod
37	of	of	ADP	_	38 Connaught	case
38	Connaught	Connaught	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 King	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 better	punct
40	for	for	SCONJ	_	44 better	mark
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 king	det
42	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 better	nsubj
43	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 better	cop
44	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 sent	parataxis
45	than	than	ADP	_	47 prince	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 prince	det
47	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 better	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 thought	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 thought	cc
50	Ivell	Ivell	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 thought	nsubj
51	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	56 wise	mark
53	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	56 wise	nsubj
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 wise	cop
55	as	as	ADP	_	56 wise	case
56	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 thought	ccomp
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 thing	det
58	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 wise	obj
59	as	as	SCONJ	_	63 said	mark
60	anybody	anybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	63 said	nsubj
61	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 said	aux
62	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	63 said	advmod
63	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	56 wise	advcl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Branduv	a messenger	Duv	then		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to she=Destination
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	Branduv not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	messenger	a better thing				tree rules
4	is a	to-infinitive		the wife			of the King of Leinster	tree rules
5	is	to-infinitive					than the wife; of the son of the King of Connaught	tree rules
6	is	present	a king				than a prince; good property	tree rules
7	think speech: other	past	Ivell					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	is	past	this				wise property	tree rules
9	say speech: assert	past · perfect	anybody			ever		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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