Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar, sentence 51

Going looking for a whisp of straw from ye to give to the cow, the 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: cow, milk, me, cat, butter, claw

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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Going	xcomp
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 whisp	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 whisp	det
5	whisp	whisp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looking	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 straw	case
7	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whisp	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 ye	case
9	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 straw	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 give	mark
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 looking	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 cow	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cow	det
14	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cow	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cow	det
17	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cow	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 give	mark
19	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 cow	acl
20	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 give	iobj
21	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 give	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 milk	punct
23	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cow	conj
24	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 give	nsubj
25	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 give	aux
26	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 milk	acl:relcl
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 cat	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 cat	det
29	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 give	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 cat	punct
31	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cow	conj
32	to	to	PART	_	33 scrape	mark
33	scrape	scrape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 cat	acl
34	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 scrape	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 butter	punct
36	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cow	conj
37	to	to	PART	_	38 go	mark
38	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 butter	acl
39	in	in	ADP	_	40 claw	case
40	claw	claw	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 go	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 hound	case
42	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 claw	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 hound	punct
44	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cow	conj
45	to	to	PART	_	46 hunt	mark
46	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 hound	acl
47	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 hunt	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 deer	punct
49	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cow	conj
50	to	to	PART	_	51 swim	mark
51	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 deer	acl
52	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 swim	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 water	punct
54	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cow	conj
55	to	to	ADP	_	57 flag	case
56	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 flag	amod
57	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 flag	punct
59	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 flag	conj
60	to	to	PART	_	62 axe	mark
61	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 axe	compound
62	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 flag	conj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 axe	punct
64	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 axe	conj
65	to	to	PART	_	66 cut	mark
66	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 axe	acl
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 rod	det
68	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 cut	obj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 rod	punct
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 rod	det
71	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 flag	conj
72	to	to	PART	_	73 make	mark
73	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 rod	acl
74	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 gad	det
75	gad	gad	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 make	obj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 gad	punct
77	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 gad	det
78	gad	gad	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 flag	conj
79	to	to	PART	_	80 hang	mark
80	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	78 gad	acl
81	Manachar	Manachar	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 ate	nsubj
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 ate	punct
83	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	84 ate	nsubj
84	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 hang	ccomp
85	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	86 raspberries	nmod:poss
86	raspberries	raspberry	NOUN	Number=Plur	84 ate	obj
87	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	88 one	det
88	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 ate	obj
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Going	punct
90	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Going	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	gerund						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look	gerund					for a whisp of straw from ye	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for whisp=Theme
3	give	to-infinitive			the cow and the cow and milk and cat and butter and hound and deer and water		to wet flag and flag and edge axe and axe and a rod and a gad	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cow=Recipient
4	give	to-infinitive		milk	me			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient milk=Theme
5	give	future	I	milk not said here	the cat			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent milk=Theme to cat=Recipient
6	scrape	to-infinitive		butter				vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butter=Patient
7	go	to-infinitive				claw of hound		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in claw=Location
8	hunt	to-infinitive		deer				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme
9	swim	to-infinitive		water				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Trajectory
10	cut	to-infinitive		a rod				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rod=Product
11	make	to-infinitive		a gad				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gad=Product
12	hang	to-infinitive						tree rules
13	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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