Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 133
As soon as the sons of Uisnech landed in Erin, Ferchar Mac Ro sent word to Connachar, king of Ulster, that the men whom he wanted were come, and let him now show kindness to them. "
Who acts: sons, Mac, son, men · What happens: land, send, want, come, let, show · To what, where: Erin, word, Connachar, men, son, kindness
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 (sons, Mac, son, men), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 landed | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 sons | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sons | det |
| 5 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 landed | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Uisnech | case |
| 7 | Uisnech | Uisnech | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sons | nmod |
| 8 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Erin | case |
| 10 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 landed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Ferchar | punct |
| 12 | Ferchar | Ferchar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Erin | conj |
| 13 | Mac | Mac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | nsubj |
| 14 | Ro | Ro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Mac | flat |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 landed | conj |
| 16 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 Connachar | case |
| 18 | Connachar | Connachar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 king | punct |
| 20 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Connachar | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Ulster | case |
| 22 | Ulster | Ulster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 king | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 come | punct |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 come | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 men | det |
| 26 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 come | nsubj |
| 27 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 wanted | obj |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 wanted | nsubj |
| 29 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 men | acl:relcl |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 come | aux |
| 31 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 sent | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 let | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 let | cc |
| 34 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 landed | parataxis |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 let | obj |
| 36 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 show | advmod |
| 37 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 let | advcl |
| 38 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 show | obj |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 them | case |
| 40 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 kindness | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 let | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | past | the sons of Uisnech | Erin and Ferchar | soon property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in erin=Destination | |||
| 2 | send | past | Mac | word | Connachar | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme to connachar=Destination | |||
| 3 | want | past | son | the men | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whom=Theme | ||||
| 4 | come | past | the men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | let | infinitive | son | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 6 | show | present | kindness | King | now | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Topic to they=Recipient |
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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