Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-maiden, sentence 157

The soothsayer told him that there was no way of killing the sea-maiden but the one way, and this is it--"In the island that is in the midst of the loch is the white-footed hind of the slenderest legs and the swiftest step, and though she be caught, there will spring a hoodie out of her, and though the hoodie should be caught, there will spring a trout out of her, but there is an egg in the mouth of the trout, and the soul of the sea-maiden is in the egg, and if the egg breaks, she is dead."

Who acts: soothsayer, way, this, island, egg, soul · What happens: tell, be, kill, catch, spring, break · To what, where: man, sea maiden, soothsayer, midst, footed hind, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Sea-maiden. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soothsayer, way, this, island), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soothsayer	det
2	soothsayer	soothsayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 was	mark
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 was	expl
7	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	ccomp
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 was	nsubj
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 killing	mark
11	killing	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 way	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 maiden	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 maiden	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 sea	punct
15	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 killing	obj
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 way	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 way	det
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 way	nummod
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 maiden	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 hind	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 hind	cc
22	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 it	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 it	cop
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 hind	nsubj
25	--	--	PUNCT	_	24 it	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	29 island	punct
27	In	in	ADP	_	29 island	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 island	det
29	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 hind	nsubj
30	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 midst	nsubj
31	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 midst	cop
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 midst	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 midst	det
34	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 island	acl:relcl
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 loch	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 loch	det
37	loch	loch	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 midst	nmod
38	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 hind	cop
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 hind	det
40	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 footed	amod
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 white	punct
42	footed	footed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 hind	amod
43	hind	hind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	parataxis
44	of	of	ADP	_	47 legs	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 legs	det
46	slenderest	slender	ADJ	Degree=Sup	47 legs	amod
47	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 hind	nmod
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 step	cc
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 step	det
50	swiftest	swift	ADJ	Degree=Sup	51 step	amod
51	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 legs	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 spring	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 spring	cc
54	though	though	SCONJ	_	57 caught	mark
55	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 caught	nsubj:pass
56	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	57 caught	aux:pass
57	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 spring	advcl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 caught	punct
59	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	61 spring	expl
60	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 spring	aux
61	spring	spring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 hind	parataxis
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 hoodie	det
63	hoodie	hoodie	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 spring	obj
64	out	out	ADP	_	66 her	case
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 her	case
66	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 spring	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 spring	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 spring	cc
69	though	though	SCONJ	_	74 caught	mark
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 hoodie	det
71	hoodie	hoodie	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 caught	nsubj:pass
72	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	74 caught	aux
73	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	74 caught	aux:pass
74	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	78 spring	advcl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 caught	punct
76	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	78 spring	expl
77	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 spring	aux
78	spring	spring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 spring	conj
79	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 trout	det
80	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 spring	obj
81	out	out	ADP	_	83 her	case
82	of	of	ADP	_	83 her	case
83	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 spring	obl
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 is	punct
85	but	but	CCONJ	_	87 is	cc
86	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	87 is	expl
87	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 hind	parataxis
88	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 egg	det
89	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 is	nsubj
90	in	in	ADP	_	92 mouth	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 mouth	det
92	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 egg	nmod
93	of	of	ADP	_	95 trout	case
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 trout	det
95	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 mouth	nmod
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 egg	punct
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	108 egg	cc
98	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 soul	det
99	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 egg	nsubj
100	of	of	ADP	_	104 maiden	case
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	104 maiden	det
102	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 maiden	compound
103	-	-	PUNCT	_	102 sea	punct
104	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 soul	nmod
105	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	108 egg	cop
106	in	in	ADP	_	108 egg	case
107	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	108 egg	det
108	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 hind	conj
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	118 dead	punct
110	and	and	CCONJ	_	118 dead	cc
111	if	if	SCONJ	_	114 breaks	mark
112	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	113 egg	det
113	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 breaks	nsubj
114	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	118 dead	advcl
115	,	,	PUNCT	_	114 breaks	punct
116	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	118 dead	nsubj
117	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	118 dead	cop
118	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 egg	advcl
119	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct
120	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the soothsayer		man			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	be	past	no way			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	kill	gerund	no way not said here	the sea maiden but the one way				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme
4	is a	present	this	soothsayer				tree rules
5	is in a quote	present	the island			the midst	of the loch	tree rules
6	is a in a quote	present	soothsayer	the footed hind and the egg			of the slenderest legs and the swiftest step	tree rules
7	catch in a quote	infinitive · passive		way				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
8	spring in a quote	future		a hoodie		there	out way	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hoodie=Theme
9	catch in a quote	should · passive		the hoodie				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
10	spring in a quote	future		a trout		there	out way	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location trout=Theme
11	be in a quote	present	a egg in the mouth of the trout			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	is in a quote	present	the soul of the sea maiden			the egg		tree rules
13	break a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	the egg					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
14	is in a quote	present	egg				dead property	tree rules

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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