Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 38
She then made a high smoke on the top of the hill, after which she put her finger in her mouth, and gave three whistles, and by that Cucullin knew he was invited to Cullamore--for this was the way that the Irish long ago gave a sign to all strangers and travellers, to let them know they were welcome to come and take share of whatever was going.
Who acts: bully, this, whistles · What happens: make, put, give, know, invite, be · To what, where: high smoke, top, finger, mouth, three whistles, Oonagh · 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 (bully, this, whistles), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 made | advmod |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 smoke | det |
| 5 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 smoke | amod |
| 6 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 top | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 top | det |
| 9 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 hill | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hill | det |
| 12 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 top | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 put | punct |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 which | case |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 put | obl |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 put | nsubj |
| 17 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | conj |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 finger | nmod:poss |
| 19 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 put | obj |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 mouth | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 22 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 put | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 gave | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 gave | cc |
| 25 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | conj |
| 26 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 whistles | nummod |
| 27 | whistles | whistle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 gave | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 knew | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 knew | cc |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 Cucullin | case |
| 31 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 Cucullin | det |
| 32 | Cucullin | Cucullin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 knew | obl |
| 33 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | parataxis |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 invited | aux:pass |
| 36 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 knew | ccomp |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 Cullamore | case |
| 38 | Cullamore | Cullamore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 invited | obl |
| 39 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 44 way | punct |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 way | case |
| 41 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 way | nsubj |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 way | cop |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 way | det |
| 44 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 knew | obl |
| 45 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 47 Irish | mark |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Irish | det |
| 47 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 way | acl |
| 48 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 50 gave | advmod |
| 49 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 50 gave | advmod |
| 50 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 Irish | advcl |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 sign | det |
| 52 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 gave | obj |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 strangers | case |
| 54 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 55 strangers | det |
| 55 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 sign | nmod |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 travellers | cc |
| 57 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 strangers | conj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 let | punct |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 let | mark |
| 60 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 gave | conj |
| 61 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 let | obj |
| 62 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 let | xcomp |
| 63 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 welcome | nsubj |
| 64 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 welcome | cop |
| 65 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 know | ccomp |
| 66 | to | to | PART | _ | 67 come | mark |
| 67 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 65 welcome | xcomp |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 take | cc |
| 69 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 67 come | conj |
| 70 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 take | obj |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 whatever | case |
| 72 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 70 share | nmod |
| 73 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 74 going | aux |
| 74 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 72 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | bully | a high smoke | the top of the hill | then | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Product | ||
| 2 | put | past | bully | bully's finger | bully's mouth | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Theme in mouth=Destination | |||
| 3 | give | past | bully not said here | three whistles | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whistle=Theme | ||||
| 4 | know | past | by that Cucullin | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | invite | past · passive | Oonagh | Cullamore | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | is | past | this | for the way | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | give | past | this not said here | a sign | all strangers and travellers | ago, long property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sign=Theme to stranger=Recipient | ||
| 8 | let | to-infinitive | this not said here | whistles = whistle | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | know | infinitive | whistles = whistle not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | is | past | whistles = whistle | welcome property | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | come | to-infinitive | whistles = whistle not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 12 | take | infinitive | whistles = whistle not said here | share of whatever | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme | ||||
| 13 | go | past · progressive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 14 | share | whatever | nom share «possession 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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