Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'toole and His Goose, sentence 4
Well, it was all mighty good, as long as the king had his health; but, you see, in course of time the king grew old, by raison he was stiff in his limbs, and when he got stricken in years, his heart failed him, and he was lost entirely for want o' diversion, because he couldn't go a-hunting no longer; and, by dad, the poor king was obliged at last to get a goose to divert him.
Who acts: life, king, you, course, heart, dad · What happens: be, have, see, grow, get, fail · To what, where: health, limbs, king, diversion, poor king, last · 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 (life, king, you, course), 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 | _ | 7 good | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Well | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 good | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 good | cop |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 good | advmod |
| 6 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 good | amod |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 long | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 long | advmod |
| 10 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 good | conj |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 had | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 had | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 long | advcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 health | nmod:poss |
| 16 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 had | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 see | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 see | cc |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 but | punct |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 see | nsubj |
| 21 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 good | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 course | punct |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 course | case |
| 24 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 grew | nsubj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 time | case |
| 26 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 grew | obl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 king | det |
| 28 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 grew | nsubj |
| 29 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 see | ccomp |
| 30 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 grew | xcomp |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 stiff | punct |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 33 raison | case |
| 33 | raison | raison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 stiff | obl |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 stiff | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 stiff | cop |
| 36 | stiff | stiff | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 grew | conj |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 limbs | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 limbs | nmod:poss |
| 39 | limbs | limb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 stiff | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 failed | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 failed | cc |
| 42 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 44 got | advmod |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 got | nsubj |
| 44 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 failed | advcl |
| 45 | stricken | stricken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 got | xcomp |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 years | case |
| 47 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 got | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 got | punct |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 heart | nmod:poss |
| 50 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 failed | nsubj |
| 51 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 good | conj |
| 52 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 failed | obj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 lost | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 lost | cc |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 lost | nsubj |
| 56 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 lost | aux:pass |
| 57 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 failed | conj |
| 58 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 57 lost | advmod |
| 59 | for | for | ADP | _ | 60 want | case |
| 60 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 lost | advcl |
| 61 | o | o | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 diversion | nmod:poss |
| 62 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 61 o | case |
| 63 | diversion | diversion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 want | obj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 go | punct |
| 65 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 69 go | mark |
| 66 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 go | nsubj |
| 67 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 69 go | aux |
| 68 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 69 go | advmod |
| 69 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 failed | parataxis |
| 70 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 72 hunting | det |
| 71 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 70 a | punct |
| 72 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 69 go | advcl |
| 73 | no | no | ADV | _ | 74 longer | advmod |
| 74 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 72 hunting | advmod |
| 75 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 85 obliged | punct |
| 76 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 85 obliged | cc |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 and | punct |
| 78 | by | by | ADP | _ | 79 dad | case |
| 79 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 obliged | obl |
| 80 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 dad | punct |
| 81 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 king | det |
| 82 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 83 king | amod |
| 83 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 obliged | nsubj |
| 84 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 85 obliged | aux:pass |
| 85 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 good | conj |
| 86 | at | at | ADP | _ | 87 last | case |
| 87 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 85 obliged | obl |
| 88 | to | to | PART | _ | 89 get | mark |
| 89 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 85 obliged | advcl |
| 90 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 91 goose | det |
| 91 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 get | obj |
| 92 | to | to | PART | _ | 93 divert | mark |
| 93 | divert | divert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 89 get | xcomp |
| 94 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 93 divert | obj |
| 95 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 good | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | life | all, good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | past | the king | king's health | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Patient | ||||
| 3 | see | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | grow | past | course | time | old property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 5 | is | past | king | king's limbs | by raison; stiff property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | get | past | king | year | stricken property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | fail | past | king's heart | king | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | lose | past · passive | king | entirely property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | want | present | o's diversion | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot diversion=Theme | |||||
| 10 | not go | could | king | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 11 | hunt | gerund | king not said here | long property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 12 | oblige | past · passive | dad | the poor king | last | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 13 | get | to-infinitive | dad not said here | a goose | tree rules | ||||
| 14 | divert | to-infinitive | a goose not said here | king | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 15 | divert | o | nom diversion «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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