Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 49

"Why, the aspect and form of the men when seen are these," said the hunter: "they have the colour of the raven on their hair, their skin like swan on the wave in whiteness, and their cheeks as the blood of the brindled red calf, and their speed and their leap are those of the salmon of the torrent and the deer of the grey mountain side.

Who acts: hunter, Deirdre, speed · What happens: see, say, have, be, leap · To what, where: colour, those · 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 (hunter, Deirdre, speed), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Why	punct
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 said	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 aspect	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 aspect	det
5	aspect	aspect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Why	appos
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 form	cc
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 aspect	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 men	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 men	det
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 aspect	nmod
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 seen	mark
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 men	acl
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 these	cop
14	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 Why	advcl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Why	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Why	punct
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hunter	det
19	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	obj
20	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 have	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 have	punct
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 have	nsubj
23	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 said	ccomp
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 colour	det
25	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 have	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 raven	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 raven	det
28	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 colour	nmod
29	on	on	ADP	_	31 hair	case
30	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 hair	nmod:poss
31	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 raven	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 skin	punct
33	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 skin	nmod:poss
34	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 colour	conj
35	like	like	ADP	_	36 swan	case
36	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 skin	nmod
37	on	on	ADP	_	39 wave	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 wave	det
39	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 swan	nmod
40	in	in	ADP	_	41 whiteness	case
41	whiteness	whiteness	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 wave	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 cheeks	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 cheeks	cc
44	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 cheeks	nmod:poss
45	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 have	obl
46	as	as	ADP	_	48 blood	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 blood	det
48	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 cheeks	nmod
49	of	of	ADP	_	53 calf	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 calf	det
51	brindled	brindled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 calf	amod
52	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 calf	amod
53	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 blood	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 those	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 those	cc
56	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 speed	nmod:poss
57	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 those	nsubj
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 leap	cc
59	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 leap	nmod:poss
60	leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 speed	conj
61	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 those	cop
62	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	23 have	conj
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 salmon	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 salmon	det
65	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 those	nmod
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 torrent	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 torrent	det
68	torrent	torrent	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 salmon	nmod
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 deer	cc
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 deer	det
71	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 salmon	conj
72	of	of	ADP	_	76 side	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 side	det
74	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 side	amod
75	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 side	compound
76	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 deer	nmod
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	participle				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	the hunter			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have in a quote	present	Deirdre	the colour of the raven on Deirdre's hair and Deirdre's skin like swan on the wave in whiteness	Deirdre's cheeks as the blood of the brindled red calf obl	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient
4	is a in a quote	present	Deirdre's speed and Deirdre's leap	those	of the salmon of the torrent and the deer of the grey mountain side	tree rules
5	leap in a quote		Deirdre			nom leap «act 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: «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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