Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, sentence 64
Though early rose the song of the birds mid the rocky caves and the music of the birds in the grove, earlier than that did Connachar, King of Ulster, arise, with his little troop of dear friends, in the delightful twilight of the fresh and gentle May; the dew was heavy on each bush and flower and stem, as they went to bring Deirdre forth from the green knoll where she stayed.
Who acts: song, dew, King · What happens: rise, mi, do, arise, be, go · To what, where: rocky caves, grove, Connachar, bush, Deirdre, green knoll
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 (song, dew, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Though | though | ADV | _ | 3 rose | advmod |
| 2 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 rose | advmod |
| 3 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 song | det |
| 5 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mid | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 birds | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 birds | det |
| 8 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 mid | nsubj |
| 9 | mid | mi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rose | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 caves | det |
| 11 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 caves | amod |
| 12 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 mid | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 music | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 music | det |
| 15 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 caves | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 birds | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 birds | det |
| 18 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 music | nmod |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 grove | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 grove | det |
| 21 | grove | grove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mid | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 earlier | punct |
| 23 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 mid | advmod |
| 24 | than | than | ADP | _ | 25 that | case |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 earlier | obl |
| 26 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 earlier | conj |
| 27 | Connachar | Connachar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 did | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 King | punct |
| 29 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Connachar | appos |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Ulster | case |
| 31 | Ulster | Ulster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 King | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 arise | punct |
| 33 | arise | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 Connachar | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 troop | punct |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 troop | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 troop | nmod:poss |
| 37 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 troop | amod |
| 38 | troop | troop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 arise | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 friends | case |
| 40 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 friends | amod |
| 41 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 troop | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 twilight | punct |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 twilight | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 twilight | det |
| 45 | delightful | delightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 twilight | amod |
| 46 | twilight | twilight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 arise | parataxis |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 May | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 May | det |
| 49 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 May | amod |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 gentle | cc |
| 51 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 fresh | conj |
| 52 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 twilight | nmod |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 heavy | punct |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 dew | det |
| 55 | dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 heavy | nsubj |
| 56 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 heavy | cop |
| 57 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 twilight | parataxis |
| 58 | on | on | ADP | _ | 60 bush | case |
| 59 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 60 bush | det |
| 60 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 heavy | obl |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 flower | cc |
| 62 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 bush | conj |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 stem | cc |
| 64 | stem | stem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 bush | conj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 went | punct |
| 66 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 68 went | mark |
| 67 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 went | nsubj |
| 68 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 heavy | conj |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 bring | mark |
| 70 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 went | xcomp |
| 71 | Deirdre | Deirdre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 bring | obj |
| 72 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 70 bring | advmod |
| 73 | from | from | ADP | _ | 76 knoll | case |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 knoll | det |
| 75 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 knoll | amod |
| 76 | knoll | knoll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 bring | obl |
| 77 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 79 stayed | advmod |
| 78 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 79 stayed | nsubj |
| 79 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 76 knoll | acl:relcl |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | early, though property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mi | past | the song | the rocky caves and the music of the birds | the grove | early property | tree rules | ||
| 3 | do | past | the song not said here | Connachar | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connachar=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | arise | present | the song not said here | with Connachar's little troop of dear friends | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is | past | the dew | each bush and flower and stem | heavy property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | go | past | King | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | bring | to-infinitive | King not said here | Deirdre | the green knoll | forth property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent deirdre=Theme from knoll=Initial_Location | ||
| 8 | stay | past | song | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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