Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'toole and His Goose, sentence 58
And so the king had his goose as good as new, to divert him as long as he lived: and the saint supported him after he came into his property, as I told you, until the day of his death--and that was soon after; for the poor goose thought he was catching a trout one Friday; but, my jewel, it was a mistake he made--and instead of a trout, it was a thieving horse-eel; and instead of the goose killing a trout for the king's supper--by dad, the eel killed the king's goose--and small blame to him; but he didn't ate her, because he darn't ate what Saint Kavin had laid his blessed hands on.
Who acts: king, saint, I, poor goose, trout, goose · What happens: have, divert, live, support after, come, tell · To what, where: goose, king, property, you, trout, mistake · 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 (king, saint, I, poor goose), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 had | cc |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 had | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 goose | nmod:poss |
| 7 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 9 good | advmod |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 had | xcomp |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 new | case |
| 11 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 good | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 divert | punct |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 divert | mark |
| 14 | divert | divert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 had | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 divert | obj |
| 16 | as | as | ADV | _ | 17 long | advmod |
| 17 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 divert | advmod |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 lived | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 lived | nsubj |
| 20 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 long | advcl |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 supported | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 supported | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 saint | det |
| 24 | saint | saint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 supported | nsubj |
| 25 | supported | support | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 had | parataxis |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 supported | obj |
| 27 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 29 came | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 came | nsubj |
| 29 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 supported | advcl |
| 30 | into | into | ADP | _ | 32 property | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 property | nmod:poss |
| 32 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 came | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 told | punct |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 36 told | mark |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 told | nsubj |
| 36 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 came | conj |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 told | iobj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 day | punct |
| 39 | until | until | ADP | _ | 41 day | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 day | det |
| 41 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 told | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 death | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 death | nmod:poss |
| 44 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 day | nmod |
| 45 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 50 after | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 after | cc |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 after | nsubj |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 after | cop |
| 49 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 50 after | advmod |
| 50 | after | after | ADP | _ | 25 supported | compound:prt |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 thought | punct |
| 52 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 56 thought | mark |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 goose | det |
| 54 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 goose | amod |
| 55 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 thought | nsubj |
| 56 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 supported | conj |
| 57 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 catching | nsubj |
| 58 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 catching | aux |
| 59 | catching | catch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 56 thought | ccomp |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 trout | det |
| 61 | trout | trout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 catching | obj |
| 62 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 63 Friday | nummod |
| 63 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 catching | obl |
| 64 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 68 jewel | punct |
| 65 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 68 jewel | cc |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 but | punct |
| 67 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 jewel | nmod:poss |
| 68 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | parataxis |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 mistake | punct |
| 70 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 mistake | nsubj |
| 71 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 mistake | cop |
| 72 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 73 mistake | det |
| 73 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 jewel | appos |
| 74 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 75 made | nsubj |
| 75 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 mistake | acl:relcl |
| 76 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 81 trout | punct |
| 77 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 81 trout | cc |
| 78 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 81 trout | case |
| 79 | of | of | ADP | _ | 78 instead | fixed |
| 80 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 81 trout | det |
| 81 | trout | trout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 jewel | conj |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 89 eel | punct |
| 83 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 89 eel | nsubj |
| 84 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 89 eel | cop |
| 85 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 89 eel | det |
| 86 | thieving | thieve | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 89 eel | amod |
| 87 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 eel | compound |
| 88 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 87 horse | punct |
| 89 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 jewel | conj |
| 90 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 95 goose | punct |
| 91 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 95 goose | cc |
| 92 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 95 goose | case |
| 93 | of | of | ADP | _ | 92 instead | fixed |
| 94 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 95 goose | det |
| 95 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 jewel | conj |
| 96 | killing | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 95 goose | acl |
| 97 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 98 trout | det |
| 98 | trout | trout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 killing | obj |
| 99 | for | for | ADP | _ | 103 supper | case |
| 100 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 101 king | det |
| 101 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 103 supper | nmod:poss |
| 102 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 101 king | case |
| 103 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 killing | obl |
| 104 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 106 dad | punct |
| 105 | by | by | ADP | _ | 106 dad | case |
| 106 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 103 supper | appos |
| 107 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 110 killed | punct |
| 108 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 109 eel | det |
| 109 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 110 killed | nsubj |
| 110 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 106 dad | acl:relcl |
| 111 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 112 king | det |
| 112 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 114 goose | nmod:poss |
| 113 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 112 king | case |
| 114 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 110 killed | obj |
| 115 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 118 blame | punct |
| 116 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 118 blame | cc |
| 117 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 118 blame | amod |
| 118 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 110 killed | obl |
| 119 | to | to | ADP | _ | 120 him | case |
| 120 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 118 blame | nmod |
| 121 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 126 ate | punct |
| 122 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 126 ate | cc |
| 123 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 126 ate | nsubj |
| 124 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 126 ate | aux |
| 125 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 126 ate | advmod |
| 126 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 95 goose | parataxis |
| 127 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 126 ate | obj |
| 128 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 133 ate | punct |
| 129 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 133 ate | mark |
| 130 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 133 ate | nsubj |
| 131 | dar | dar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 133 ate | nsubj |
| 132 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 133 ate | advmod |
| 133 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 126 ate | conj |
| 134 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 138 laid | obj |
| 135 | Saint | Saint | PROPN | Number=Sing | 138 laid | nsubj |
| 136 | Kavin | Kavin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 135 Saint | flat |
| 137 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 138 laid | aux |
| 138 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 133 ate | conj |
| 139 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 141 hands | nmod:poss |
| 140 | blessed | blessed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 141 hands | amod |
| 141 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 138 laid | obj |
| 142 | on | on | ADV | _ | 138 laid | advmod |
| 143 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the king | king's goose | good property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Patient | |||
| 2 | divert | to-infinitive | the king not said here | king | long property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | live | past | king | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | support after | past | the saint | king | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | come | past | Saint | Saint's property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into property=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | tell speech: assert | past | I | you | day | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 7 | think speech: other | past | the poor goose | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | catch | past · progressive | Saint | a trout | friday | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trout=Theme | |||
| 9 | is a | past | trout | a mistake | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | make | past | Saint | a mistake not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product | ||||
| 11 | thieve | gerund | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 12 | is a | past | trout | a thieving horse eel | tree rules | ||||
| 13 | kill | gerund | the goose not said here | a trout | for the king's supper | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trout=Theme | |||
| 14 | kill | past | the eel | the king's goose | small blame to Saint obl | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme | |||
| 15 | not eat | past · do-support | Saint | goose | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 16 | not eat | past | Saint | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 17 | lay | past · perfect | Saint | Saint's blessed hands | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent what=Theme hand=Destination | ||||
| 18 | die | Saint | nom death «event intransitive»: 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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