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Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'toole and His Goose, sentence 7

The king was walkin' one mornin' by the edge of the lake, lamentin' his cruel fate, and thinking of drowning himself, that could get no diversion in life, when all of a sudden, turning round the corner, who should he meet but a mighty decent young man coming up to him.

Who acts: king, that, corner, mighty decent young man · What happens: walk, think, drown, get, turn, meet · To what, where: one mornin, king, diversion, life, corner

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, that, corner, mighty decent young man), 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

detnsubjauxpunctnummodobjpunctcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctconjpunctnmod:possamodconjpunctccconjmarkadvclobjpunctnsubjauxconjdetobjcaseoblpunctadvmodadvmodcaseconjamodpunctadvclcasedetoblpunctnsubjauxnsubjacl:relclccdetamodamodamodconjacladvmodcaseoblpunctrootTheDETkingNOUNwasAUXwalkinVERB'PUNCToneNUMmorninNOUN'PUNCTbyADPtheDETedgeNOUNofADPtheDETlakeNOUN,PUNCTlamentinNOUN'PUNCThisPRONcruelADJfateNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthinkingVERBofSCONJdrowningVERBhimselfPRON,PUNCTthatPRONcouldAUXgetVERBnoDETdiversionNOUNinADPlifeNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVallDETofADPaDETsuddenADJ,PUNCTturningVERBroundADPtheDETcornerNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONshouldAUXhePRONmeetVERBbutCCONJaDETmightyADJdecentADJyoungADJmanNOUNcomingVERBupADVtoADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 kingdet
2kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing4 walkinnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 walkinaux
4walkinwalkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5''PUNCT_4 walkinpunct
6oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card7 morninnummod
7morninmorninNOUNNumber=Sing4 walkinobj
8''PUNCT_7 morninpunct
9bybyADP_11 edgecase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 edgedet
11edgeedgeNOUNNumber=Sing7 morninnmod
12ofofADP_14 lakecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 lakedet
14lakelakeNOUNNumber=Sing11 edgenmod
15,,PUNCT_16 lamentinpunct
16lamentinlamentinNOUNNumber=Sing7 morninconj
17''PUNCT_20 fatepunct
18hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 fatenmod:poss
19cruelcruelADJDegree=Pos20 fateamod
20fatefateNOUNNumber=Sing16 lamentinconj
21,,PUNCT_23 thinkingpunct
22andandCCONJ_23 thinkingcc
23thinkingthinkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 walkinconj
24ofofSCONJ_25 drowningmark
25drowningdrownVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part23 thinkingadvcl
26himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes25 drowningobj
27,,PUNCT_30 getpunct
28thatthatPRONPronType=Rel30 getnsubj
29couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin30 getaux
30getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf4 walkinconj
31nonoDETPronType=Neg32 diversiondet
32diversiondiversionNOUNNumber=Sing30 getobj
33ininADP_34 lifecase
34lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing30 getobl
35,,PUNCT_37 allpunct
36whenwhenADVPronType=Int37 alladvmod
37allallDETPronType=Tot4 walkinadvmod
38ofofADP_39 acase
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 allconj
40suddensuddenADJDegree=Pos39 aamod
41,,PUNCT_42 turningpunct
42turningturnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part40 suddenadvcl
43roundroundADP_45 cornercase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 cornerdet
45cornercornerNOUNNumber=Sing42 turningobl
46,,PUNCT_50 meetpunct
47whowhoPRONPronType=Rel50 meetnsubj
48shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin50 meetaux
49hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 meetnsubj
50meetmeetVERBVerbForm=Inf45 corneracl:relcl
51butbutCCONJ_56 mancc
52aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art56 mandet
53mightymightyADJDegree=Pos56 manamod
54decentdecentADJDegree=Pos56 manamod
55youngyoungADJDegree=Pos56 manamod
56manmanNOUNNumber=Sing45 cornerconj
57comingcomeVERBVerbForm=Ger56 manacl
58upupADV_57 comingadvmod
59totoADP_60 himcase
60himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs57 comingobl
61..PUNCT_4 walkinpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1walkpast · progressivethe kingone mornin and lamentin and king's cruel fateby the edge of the lakevn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mornin=Theme by edge=Trajectory
2think speech: othergerundthe king not said herevn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3drowngerundthe king not said herekingvn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
4getcouldthatno diversionlifevn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer diversion=Stimulus
5turngerundthe king not said herethe corner but a mighty decent young manvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme round corner=Trajectory
6meetshouldthe corner but a mighty decent young manvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7come upgerunda mighty decent young man not said herekingvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
8fatekingnom fate «event 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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