Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 19

All we have to say is, that if he wanted a spot from which to keep a sharp look-out--and, between ourselves, he did want it grievously--barring Slieve Croob, or Slieve Donard, or its own cousin, Cullamore, he could not find a neater or more convenient situation for it in the sweet and sagacious province of Ulster.

Who acts: we, All, mane, ourselves, spot · What happens: have, say, be, want, keep, bar · To what, where: spot, sharp look out, Slieve, neater situation, sweet province · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, A Legend of Knockmany. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, All, mane, ourselves), 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	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 is	nsubj
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 All	acl:relcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	xcomp
6	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wanted	punct
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 wanted	mark
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 wanted	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wanted	nsubj
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 is	parataxis
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spot	det
13	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wanted	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wanted	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 keep	mark
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 which	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 out	det
19	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 out	amod
20	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 out	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 out	punct
22	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 keep	obj
23	--	--	PUNCT	_	31 want	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 want	cc
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 ourselves	punct
26	between	between	ADP	_	27 ourselves	case
27	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	31 want	nsubj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 ourselves	punct
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 want	nsubj
30	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 want	aux
31	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 keep	conj
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 want	obj
33	grievously	grievously	ADV	_	31 want	advmod
34	--	--	PUNCT	_	35 barring	punct
35	barring	bar	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 want	xcomp
36	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 barring	obj
37	Croob	Croob	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Slieve	flat
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Donard	punct
39	or	or	CCONJ	_	41 Donard	cc
40	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 Donard	compound
41	Donard	Donard	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Slieve	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 cousin	punct
43	or	or	CCONJ	_	46 cousin	cc
44	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 cousin	nmod:poss
45	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 cousin	amod
46	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Slieve	appos
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 Cullamore	punct
48	Cullamore	Cullamore	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Slieve	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 find	punct
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 find	nsubj
51	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 find	aux
52	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	53 find	advmod
53	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	conj
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 situation	det
55	neater	neat	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	59 situation	amod
56	or	or	CCONJ	_	58 convenient	cc
57	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	58 convenient	advmod
58	convenient	convenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 neater	conj
59	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 find	obj
60	for	for	ADP	_	61 it	case
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 situation	nmod
62	in	in	ADP	_	67 province	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 province	det
64	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 province	amod
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 sagacious	cc
66	sagacious	sagacious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 sweet	conj
67	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 find	obl
68	of	of	ADP	_	69 Ulster	case
69	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 province	nmod
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 is	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	we				tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	we not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	be	present	All				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	want a condition, not said to happen	past	mane	a spot			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme which=Attribute
5	keep	to-infinitive	mane not said here	a sharp look out			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent out=Theme
6	want	past · do-support	ourselves	spot		grievously property	tree rules
7	bar not said to happen	gerund	spot not said here	Slieve or Slieve Donard and Cullamore			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer slieve=Theme
8	not find	could	mane	a neater situation	the sweet province of Ulster	for spot	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent situation=Theme for it=Beneficiary

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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