Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'toole and His Goose, sentence 38

Well, my dear, it was a beautiful sight to see the king standing with his mouth open, looking at his poor old goose flying as light as a lark, and better than ever she was: and when she lit at his feet, patted her on the head, and "_Ma vourneen_," says he, "but you are the _darlint_ o' the world."

Who acts: jewel, king, poor old goose, goose, Ma, you · What happens: be, see, stand, look, fly, light · To what, where: beautiful sight, king, light, feet, goose, Kavin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, King O'toole and His Goose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (jewel, king, poor old goose, goose), 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	Well	well	INTJ	_	4 dear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Well	punct
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dear	nmod:poss
4	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sight	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sight	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sight	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sight	det
9	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sight	amod
10	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dear	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 see	mark
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 sight	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obj
15	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 king	acl
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 mouth	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mouth	nmod:poss
18	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 standing	obl
19	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 standing	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 looking	punct
21	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 standing	conj
22	at	at	ADP	_	26 goose	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 goose	nmod:poss
24	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 goose	amod
25	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 goose	amod
26	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 looking	obl
27	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 goose	acl
28	as	as	ADV	_	29 light	advmod
29	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 flying	obj
30	as	as	ADP	_	32 lark	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 lark	det
32	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 light	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 better	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 better	cc
35	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 dear	conj
36	than	than	ADP	_	37 ever	case
37	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	35 better	obl
38	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 was	nsubj
39	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 better	advcl
40	:	:	PUNCT	_	49 patted	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 patted	cc
42	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	44 lit	advmod
43	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 lit	nsubj
44	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 patted	advcl
45	at	at	ADP	_	47 feet	case
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 feet	nmod:poss
47	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 lit	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 lit	punct
49	patted	pat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dear	parataxis
50	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 patted	obj
51	on	on	ADP	_	53 head	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 head	det
53	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 patted	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 says	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 says	cc
56	"	"	PUNCT	_	58 Ma	punct
57	_	_	PUNCT	_	58 Ma	punct
58	Ma	Ma	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 says	nsubj
59	vourneen	vourneen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	58 Ma	flat
60	_	_	PUNCT	_	58 Ma	punct
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 Ma	punct
62	"	"	PUNCT	_	58 Ma	punct
63	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 patted	parataxis
64	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 says	obj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 he	punct
66	"	"	PUNCT	_	64 he	punct
67	but	but	CCONJ	_	72 darlint	cc
68	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	72 darlint	nsubj
69	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 darlint	cop
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 darlint	det
71	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 darlint	amod
72	darlint	darlint	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 he	conj
73	_	_	PUNCT	_	77 world	punct
74	o	o	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 world	compound
75	'	'	PUNCT	_	77 world	punct
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 world	det
77	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 he	conj
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	63 says	punct
79	"	"	PUNCT	_	49 patted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	jewel	a beautiful sight			tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive		the king			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus
3	stand	gerund	the king not said here			with Kavin's mouth; open property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	look	gerund	the king not said here			at Kavin's poor old goose	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at goose=Theme
5	fly	gerund	Kavin's poor old goose not said here	light			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location light=Theme
6	be	past	goose				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	light	past	goose		Kavin's feet		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	pat	past		goose		on the head	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer on head=Theme
9	say speech: assert	present	Ma	Kavin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic
10	is a in a quote	present	you	the _ darlint			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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