Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire, sentence 2
"I will give you my daughter in marriage," said the king of Erin; "you won't get her, though, unless you go and bring me back the tidings that I want, and tell me what it is that put a stop to the laughing of the Gruagach Gaire, who before this laughed always, and laughed so loud that the whole world heard him.
Who acts: king, you, Shee, Gruagach Gaire, whole world · What happens: give, say, not get, go, bring back, want · To what, where: daughter, marriage, Erin, tidings, king · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, you, Shee, Gruagach Gaire), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 give | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 7 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | iobj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 marriage | case |
| 9 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | parataxis |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Erin | case |
| 16 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 king | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 get | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 get | punct |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 get | nsubj |
| 20 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 get | aux |
| 21 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 get | advmod |
| 22 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 23 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 get | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 though | punct |
| 25 | though | though | ADV | _ | 22 get | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 go | punct |
| 27 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 29 go | mark |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 go | nsubj |
| 29 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 get | parataxis |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 bring | cc |
| 31 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 go | conj |
| 32 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 bring | obj |
| 33 | back | back | ADV | _ | 31 bring | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 tidings | det |
| 35 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 bring | obj |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 want | obj |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 want | nsubj |
| 38 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 tidings | acl:relcl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 tell | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 tell | cc |
| 41 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 give | parataxis |
| 42 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 tell | iobj |
| 43 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 47 put | obj |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 put | nsubj |
| 45 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 put | cop |
| 46 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 47 put | nsubj |
| 47 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 tell | ccomp |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 stop | det |
| 49 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 put | obj |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 laughing | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 laughing | det |
| 52 | laughing | laughing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 put | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 Gaire | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 Gaire | det |
| 55 | Gruagach | Gruagach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Gaire | compound |
| 56 | Gaire | Gaire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 laughing | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 laughed | punct |
| 58 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 61 laughed | nsubj |
| 59 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 61 laughed | mark |
| 60 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 61 laughed | nsubj |
| 61 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 Gaire | acl:relcl |
| 62 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 61 laughed | advmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 laughed | punct |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 laughed | cc |
| 65 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 laughed | conj |
| 66 | so | so | ADV | _ | 67 loud | advmod |
| 67 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 laughed | xcomp |
| 68 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 72 heard | mark |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 world | det |
| 70 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 world | amod |
| 71 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 heard | nsubj |
| 72 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 loud | advcl |
| 73 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 heard | obj |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | future | the king of Erin = king | my daughter | marriage | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the king of Erin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not get in a quote | future | you | Erin | though property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | go a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | bring back in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | the tidings | the king of Erin = king | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination tiding=Theme | |||
| 6 | want in a quote | present | the king of Erin = king | the tidings | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | ||||
| 7 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | the king of Erin = king | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | Shee | to the laughing of the Gruagach Gaire; put property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | laugh in a quote | past | the Gruagach Gaire | always property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | laugh in a quote | past | the Gruagach Gaire not said here | loud property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | hear in a quote | past | the whole world | king | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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