Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 110

The best news that I have for you," said the hardy hero, "is that Connachar, King of Ulster, is setting forth a great sumptuous feast to his friends and kinspeople throughout the wide extent of Erin all, and he has vowed by the earth beneath him, by the high heaven above him, and by the sun that wends to the west, that he will have no rest by day nor sleep by night if the sons of Uisnech, the sons of his own father's brother, will not come back to the land of their home and the soil of their nativity, and to the feast likewise, and he has sent us on embassy to invite you."

Who acts: I, best news, hardy hero, news, sun, sons · What happens: have, say, be, set, vow, wend · To what, where: best news, Connachar, great sumptuous feast, wide extent, west, rest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Story of Deirdre. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, best news, hardy hero, news), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 news	det
2	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 news	amod
3	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 have	obj
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 news	acl:relcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 have	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hero	det
13	hardy	hardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hero	amod
14	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Connachar	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hero	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 hero	punct
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 Connachar	cop
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 Connachar	mark
19	Connachar	Connachar	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	ccomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 King	punct
21	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Connachar	appos
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 Ulster	case
23	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 King	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 setting	punct
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 setting	aux
26	setting	set	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 said	advcl
27	forth	forth	ADV	_	26 setting	advmod
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 feast	det
29	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 feast	amod
30	sumptuous	sumptuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 feast	amod
31	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 setting	obj
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 friends	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 friends	nmod:poss
34	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 feast	nmod
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 kinspeople	cc
36	kinspeople	kinspeople	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 friends	conj
37	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	40 extent	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 extent	det
39	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 extent	amod
40	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 setting	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 Erin	case
42	Erin	Erin	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 extent	nmod
43	all	all	ADV	_	26 setting	advmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 vowed	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 vowed	cc
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 vowed	nsubj
47	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 vowed	aux
48	vowed	vow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	75 have	advcl
49	by	by	ADP	_	51 earth	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 earth	det
51	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 vowed	obl
52	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	53 him	case
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 earth	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 heaven	punct
55	by	by	ADP	_	58 heaven	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 heaven	det
57	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 heaven	amod
58	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 vowed	advcl
59	above	above	ADP	_	60 him	case
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 heaven	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 sun	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 sun	cc
63	by	by	ADP	_	65 sun	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 sun	det
65	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 vowed	obl
66	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 wends	nsubj
67	wends	wend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	65 sun	acl:relcl
68	to	to	ADP	_	70 west	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 west	det
70	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 wends	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 have	punct
72	that	that	SCONJ	_	75 have	mark
73	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 have	nsubj
74	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	75 have	aux
75	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	parataxis
76	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	77 rest	det
77	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 have	obj
78	by	by	ADP	_	79 day	case
79	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 have	obl
80	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	81 sleep	cc
81	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 day	conj
82	by	by	ADP	_	83 night	case
83	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 have	obl
84	if	if	SCONJ	_	101 come	mark
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 sons	det
86	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	101 come	nsubj
87	of	of	ADP	_	88 Uisnech	case
88	Uisnech	Uisnech	PROPN	Number=Sing	86 sons	nmod
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 sons	punct
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 sons	det
91	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 Uisnech	appos
92	of	of	ADP	_	97 brother	case
93	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	95 father	nmod:poss
94	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 father	amod
95	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 brother	nmod:poss
96	's	's	PART	_	95 father	case
97	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 sons	nmod
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 sons	punct
99	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	101 come	aux
100	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	101 come	advmod
101	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 have	advcl
102	back	back	ADV	_	101 come	advmod
103	to	to	ADP	_	105 land	case
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 land	det
105	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 come	obl
106	of	of	ADP	_	108 home	case
107	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	108 home	nmod:poss
108	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 land	nmod
109	and	and	CCONJ	_	111 soil	cc
110	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 soil	det
111	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 land	conj
112	of	of	ADP	_	114 nativity	case
113	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	114 nativity	nmod:poss
114	nativity	nativity	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 soil	nmod
115	,	,	PUNCT	_	119 feast	punct
116	and	and	CCONJ	_	119 feast	cc
117	to	to	ADP	_	119 feast	case
118	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	119 feast	det
119	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	ccomp
120	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	119 feast	advmod
121	,	,	PUNCT	_	125 sent	punct
122	and	and	CCONJ	_	125 sent	cc
123	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	125 sent	nsubj
124	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	125 sent	aux
125	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 said	ccomp
126	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	125 sent	iobj
127	on	on	ADP	_	128 embassy	case
128	embassy	embassy	NOUN	Number=Sing	125 sent	obl
129	to	to	PART	_	130 invite	mark
130	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	125 sent	advcl
131	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	130 invite	obj
132	.	.	PUNCT	_	125 sent	punct
133	"	"	PUNCT	_	125 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	I	the best news				for you	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the best news						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	is a	present	the hardy hero	Connachar					tree rules
4	set	present · progressive	the best news not said here	a great sumptuous feast		the wide extent of Erin		to news's friends and kinspeople; all, forth property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent feast=Theme throughout extent=Destination
5	vow	present · perfect	news					by the earth beneath Connachar; by the sun	tree rules
6	wend	present	the sun			the west			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to west=Destination
7	have	future	news	no rest			day; night		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient
8	not come back a condition, not said to happen	future	the sons of Uisnech			the land of heroes's home and the soil of heroes's nativity			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial_Location
9	send	present · perfect	son		us	embassy			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
10	invite	to-infinitive	son not said here		you				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
11	extend			Erin					nom extent «state transitive»: of=patient
12	soil			heroes's nativity					nom soil «state 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: «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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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