Celtic Fairy Tales, The Wooing of Olwen, sentence 113

And the Ousel answered, "When I first came here there was a smith's anvil in this place, and I was then a young bird, and from that time no work has been done upon it, save the pecking of my beak every evening, and now there is not so much as the size of a nut remaining thereof; yet the vengeance of Heaven be upon me if during all that time I have ever heard of the man for whom you inquire.

Who acts: Ousel, anvil, nut, vengeance, you · What happens: answer, come, be, do, save, not be · To what, where: young bird, work, pecking, time · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Wooing of Olwen. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ousel, anvil, nut, vengeance), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 answered	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Ousel	det
3	Ousel	Ousel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 answered	nsubj
4	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 came	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 came	punct
7	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 came	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 came	nsubj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 came	advmod
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 answered	conj
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 came	advmod
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 was	expl
13	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 came	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 smith	det
15	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 anvil	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 smith	case
17	anvil	anvil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 was	nsubj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 place	case
19	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 place	det
20	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 anvil	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 bird	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 bird	cc
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	28 bird	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 bird	cop
25	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	28 bird	advmod
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 bird	det
27	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 bird	amod
28	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answered	parataxis
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 done	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 done	cc
31	from	from	ADP	_	33 time	case
32	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 time	det
33	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 done	obl
34	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	35 work	det
35	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 done	nsubj:pass
36	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 done	aux
37	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	38 done	aux:pass
38	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 answered	parataxis
39	upon	upon	ADP	_	40 it	case
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 done	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 save	punct
42	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 done	advcl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 pecking	det
44	pecking	pecking	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 save	obj
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 beak	case
46	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 beak	nmod:poss
47	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 pecking	nmod
48	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	49 evening	det
49	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 save	obl:unmarked
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 much	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 much	cc
52	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	54 is	advmod
53	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	54 is	expl
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 much	cop
55	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	57 much	advmod
56	so	so	ADV	_	57 much	advmod
57	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 answered	conj
58	as	as	ADP	_	60 size	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 size	det
60	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 much	nmod
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 nut	case
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 nut	det
63	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 size	nmod
64	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	63 nut	acl
65	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	64 remaining	advmod
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	74 me	punct
67	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	74 me	cc
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 vengeance	det
69	vengeance	vengeance	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 me	nsubj
70	of	of	ADP	_	71 Heaven	case
71	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	69 vengeance	nmod
72	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	74 me	cop
73	upon	upon	ADP	_	74 me	case
74	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 answered	obl
75	if	if	SCONJ	_	79 time	mark
76	during	during	ADP	_	79 time	case
77	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	79 time	det:predet
78	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	79 time	det
79	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 me	obl:unmarked
80	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	83 heard	nsubj
81	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 heard	aux
82	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	83 heard	advmod
83	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	79 time	acl:relcl
84	of	of	ADP	_	86 man	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 man	det
86	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 heard	obl
87	for	for	ADP	_	88 whom	case
88	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	86 man	nmod
89	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	90 inquire	nsubj
90	inquire	inquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	88 whom	acl:relcl
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 answered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	the Ousel					tree rules
2	come in a quote	past	the Ousel = ousel		here		first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	be in a quote	past	a smith's anvil in this place		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a in a quote	past	the Ousel = ousel	a young bird		then		tree rules
5	do in a quote	present · perfect · passive		no work		time	upon Ousel	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
6	save in a quote	infinitive		the pecking of my beak		evening		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pecking=Theme
7	not is in a quote	present	the Ousel not said here				as the size of a nut; much property	tree rules
8	remain in a quote	gerund	a nut not said here				thereof property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	is in a quote	infinitive	the vengeance of Heaven			time	upon the Ousel = ousel	tree rules
10	hear in a quote	present · perfect	the Ousel = ousel	all time not said here		ever	of the man	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer time=Stimulus
11	inquire speech: other in a quote	present	you					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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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