Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire, sentence 59

"When he had killed my sons he took hold of me and stripped the skin and flesh from the small of my back down, and when he had done that he took the skin of a black sheep that had been hanging on the wall for seven years and clapped it on my body in place of my own flesh and skin; and the sheepskin grew on me, and every year since then I shear myself, and every bit of wool I use for the stockings that I wear I clip off my own back."

Who acts: man, black sheep, sheepskin · What happens: kill, take, strip, do, hang, clap · To what, where: man, hold, skin, small, wall, body

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 (man, black sheep, sheepskin), 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	_	5 killed	punct
2	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 killed	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 killed	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	aux
5	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sons	nmod:poss
7	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 killed	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 took	nsubj
9	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sons	acl:relcl
10	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 took	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 hold	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stripped	cc
14	stripped	strip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 took	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 skin	det
16	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stripped	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 flesh	cc
18	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 skin	conj
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 small	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 small	det
21	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stripped	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 back	case
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 back	nmod:poss
24	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 small	obl
25	down	down	ADV	_	24 back	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 done	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 done	cc
28	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	31 done	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 done	nsubj
30	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 done	aux
31	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 killed	parataxis
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 took	mark
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 took	nsubj
34	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 done	advcl
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 skin	det
36	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 took	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	40 sheep	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 sheep	det
39	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 sheep	amod
40	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 skin	nmod
41	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 hanging	nsubj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 hanging	aux
43	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	44 hanging	aux
44	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 sheep	acl:relcl
45	on	on	ADP	_	47 wall	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 wall	det
47	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 hanging	obl
48	for	for	ADP	_	50 years	case
49	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	50 years	nummod
50	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 hanging	obl
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 clapped	cc
52	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 took	conj
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 clapped	obj
54	on	on	ADP	_	56 body	case
55	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 body	nmod:poss
56	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 clapped	obl
57	in	in	ADP	_	58 place	case
58	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 clapped	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	62 flesh	case
60	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 flesh	nmod:poss
61	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 flesh	amod
62	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 place	nmod
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 skin	cc
64	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 flesh	conj
65	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 grew	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 grew	cc
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 sheepskin	det
68	sheepskin	sheepskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 grew	nsubj
69	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	conj
70	on	on	ADP	_	71 me	case
71	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 grew	obl
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 shear	punct
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 shear	cc
74	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	75 year	det
75	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 shear	obl:unmarked
76	since	since	ADP	_	77 then	case
77	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	79 shear	obl
78	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	79 shear	nsubj
79	shear	shear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 grew	parataxis
80	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	79 shear	obj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 use	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 use	cc
83	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	84 bit	det
84	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 use	obl:unmarked
85	of	of	ADP	_	86 wool	case
86	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 bit	nmod
87	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	88 use	nsubj
88	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 grew	advcl
89	for	for	ADP	_	91 stockings	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 stockings	det
91	stockings	stocking	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 use	obl
92	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	94 wear	obj
93	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	94 wear	nsubj
94	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	91 stockings	acl:relcl
95	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	96 clip	nsubj
96	clip	clip	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 wear	obj
97	off	off	ADP	_	100 back	case
98	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	100 back	nmod:poss
99	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 back	amod
100	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 wear	obl
101	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 killed	punct
102	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 killed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill in a quote	past · perfect · passive		man				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer son=Result
2	take in a quote	past	man	hold of me				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
3	strip in a quote	past	man not said here	the skin and flesh	the small			vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent skin=Theme from small=Source
4	do in a quote	past · perfect	man					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	take in a quote	past	man	the skin of a black sheep				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
6	hang in a quote	past · perfect · progressive	a black sheep		the wall	year		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location
7	clap in a quote	past	man not said here	hold	my body		in place of my own flesh and skin	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Patient in place=Theme
8	grow in a quote	past	the sheepskin				on the man of the house = man	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on i=Location
9	shear in a quote	present	the man of the house = man	the man of the house = man		year		vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent myself=Initial_Location
10	use in a quote	present	the man of the house = man	every bit of wool			for the stockings	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	wear in a quote	present	the man of the house = man	the stockings	my own back			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent that=Theme off back=Source
12	clip in a quote		the man of the house = man					tree rules
13	hold in a quote			me				nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

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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