Celtic Fairy Tales, The Wooing of Olwen, sentence 12
Then said Arthur, "Since thou wilt not remain here, chieftain, thou shalt receive the boon, whatsoever thy tongue may name, as far as the wind dries and the rain moistens, and the sun revolves, and the sea encircles, and the earth extends, save only my ships and my mantle, my sword, my lance, my shield, my dagger, and Guinevere my wife."
Who acts: Arthur, thou, tongue, wind, rain, sun · What happens: say, not remain, receive, name, dry, moisten · To what, where: chieftain, boon, ships · 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 (Arthur, thou, tongue, wind), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 said | advmod |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 remain | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 remain | punct |
| 6 | Since | since | SCONJ | _ | 10 remain | mark |
| 7 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 remain | nsubj |
| 8 | wilt | will | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 10 remain | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 remain | advmod |
| 10 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 11 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 remain | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 chieftain | punct |
| 13 | chieftain | chieftain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 remain | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 receive | punct |
| 15 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 receive | nsubj |
| 16 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 17 receive | aux |
| 17 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 remain | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 boon | det |
| 19 | boon | boon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 receive | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 name | punct |
| 21 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 25 name | advmod |
| 22 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 23 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 name | nsubj |
| 24 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 name | aux |
| 25 | name | name | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 receive | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 far | punct |
| 27 | as | as | ADV | _ | 28 far | advmod |
| 28 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 25 name | advmod |
| 29 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 32 dries | mark |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 wind | det |
| 31 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 dries | nsubj |
| 32 | dries | dry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 far | advcl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 moistens | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 rain | det |
| 35 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 moistens | nsubj |
| 36 | moistens | moisten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 dries | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 revolves | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 revolves | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 sun | det |
| 40 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 revolves | nsubj |
| 41 | revolves | revolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | parataxis |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 encircles | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 encircles | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 sea | det |
| 45 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 encircles | nsubj |
| 46 | encircles | encircle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 revolves | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 extends | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 extends | cc |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 earth | det |
| 50 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 extends | nsubj |
| 51 | extends | extend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 revolves | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 save | punct |
| 53 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 51 extends | parataxis |
| 54 | only | only | ADV | _ | 56 ships | advmod |
| 55 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 ships | nmod:poss |
| 56 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 save | obl |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 mantle | cc |
| 58 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 mantle | nmod:poss |
| 59 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 ships | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 sword | punct |
| 61 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 sword | nmod:poss |
| 62 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 ships | conj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 lance | punct |
| 64 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 lance | nmod:poss |
| 65 | lance | lance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 save | obl |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 shield | punct |
| 67 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 shield | nmod:poss |
| 68 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 lance | conj |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 dagger | punct |
| 70 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 dagger | nmod:poss |
| 71 | dagger | dagger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 lance | conj |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 wife | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 76 wife | cc |
| 74 | Guinevere | Guinevere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 76 wife | compound |
| 75 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 wife | nmod:poss |
| 76 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | parataxis |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 76 wife | punct |
| 78 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 76 wife | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Arthur | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not remain in a quote | future | thou | chieftain | here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | receive in a quote | shall | thou | the boon | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boon=Theme | ||||
| 4 | name in a quote | may | thy tongue | far, whatsoever property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | dry in a quote | present | the wind | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 6 | moisten in a quote | present | the rain | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 7 | revolve in a quote | present | the sun | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | encircle in a quote | present | the sea | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | extend in a quote | present | the earth | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | save in a quote | infinitive | my ships and my mantle and my sword | my lance and my shield and my dagger obl | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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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