Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar, sentence 46
Going looking for a cow, cow to give me milk, milk I will give to the cat, cat to scrape butter, butter to go in claw of hound, hound to hunt deer, deer to swim water, water to wet flag, flag to edge axe, axe to cut a rod, a rod to make a gad, a gad to hang Manachar, who ate my raspberries every one."
Who acts: I, Manachar · What happens: go, look, give, scrape, hunt, swim · To what, where: milk, me, cat, butter, claw, deer
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Munachar and Manachar. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Manachar), 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 | Going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 give | csubj |
| 2 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Going | xcomp |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 cow | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cow | det |
| 5 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looking | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cow | punct |
| 7 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cow | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 give | mark |
| 9 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 cow | acl |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 give | iobj |
| 11 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 give | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 milk | punct |
| 13 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 milk | conj |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 give | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 give | aux |
| 16 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 cat | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 cat | det |
| 19 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 give | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 cat | punct |
| 21 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 cat | conj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 scrape | mark |
| 23 | scrape | scrape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 give | advcl |
| 24 | butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 scrape | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 butter | punct |
| 26 | butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 butter | conj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 go | mark |
| 28 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 scrape | advcl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 claw | case |
| 30 | claw | claw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 go | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 hound | case |
| 32 | hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 claw | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 hound | punct |
| 34 | hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 claw | conj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 hunt | mark |
| 36 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 go | advcl |
| 37 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 hunt | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 deer | punct |
| 39 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 deer | conj |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 swim | mark |
| 41 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 hunt | advcl |
| 42 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 swim | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 water | punct |
| 44 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 water | conj |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 flag | case |
| 46 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 flag | amod |
| 47 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 swim | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 flag | punct |
| 49 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 flag | conj |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 axe | mark |
| 51 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 axe | compound |
| 52 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 flag | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 axe | punct |
| 54 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 axe | conj |
| 55 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 cut | mark |
| 56 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 axe | acl |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 rod | det |
| 58 | rod | rod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 cut | obj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 rod | punct |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 rod | det |
| 61 | rod | rod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 axe | conj |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 make | mark |
| 63 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 61 rod | acl |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 gad | det |
| 65 | gad | gad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 make | obj |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 gad | punct |
| 67 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 gad | det |
| 68 | gad | gad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 gad | appos |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 hang | mark |
| 70 | hang | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 gad | acl |
| 71 | Manachar | Manachar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 ate | nsubj |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 ate | punct |
| 73 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 74 ate | nsubj |
| 74 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 hang | ccomp |
| 75 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 raspberries | nmod:poss |
| 76 | raspberries | raspberry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 ate | obj |
| 77 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 78 one | det |
| 78 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 ate | obj |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 give | punct |
| 80 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | look | gerund | for a cow and cow | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for cow=Theme | |||||
| 3 | give | to-infinitive | milk and milk | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient milk=Theme | ||||
| 4 | give | future | I | the cat and cat | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cat=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | scrape | to-infinitive | I not said here | butter and butter | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butter=Patient | ||||
| 6 | go | to-infinitive | I not said here | claw of hound and hound | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in claw=Location | ||||
| 7 | hunt | to-infinitive | I not said here | deer and deer | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | ||||
| 8 | swim | to-infinitive | I not said here | water and water | to wet flag and flag and edge axe and axe and a rod | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Trajectory | |||
| 9 | cut | to-infinitive | I not said here | a rod | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rod=Product | ||||
| 10 | make | to-infinitive | I not said here | a gad | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gad=Product | ||||
| 11 | hang | to-infinitive | I not said here | a gad not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | eat | past | Manachar | my raspberries | tree rules |
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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