Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 56
Having everything now prepared, she sent round to the neighbours and borrowed one-and-twenty iron griddles, which she took and kneaded into the hearts of one-and-twenty cakes of bread, and these she baked on the fire in the usual way, setting them aside in the cupboard according as they were done.
Who acts: Having, wife, twenty iron griddles · What happens: have, prepare, send, borrow, take, knead · To what, where: everything, neighbours, one, hearts, these, cakes
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 (Having, wife, twenty iron griddles), 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 | Having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 prepared | csubj |
| 2 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Having | obj |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Having | advmod |
| 4 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sent | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sent | nsubj |
| 7 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 prepared | conj |
| 8 | round | round | ADV | _ | 7 sent | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 neighbours | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 neighbours | det |
| 11 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sent | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 borrowed | cc |
| 13 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 prepared | conj |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 borrowed | obj |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 one | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 griddles | cc |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 and | punct |
| 18 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 griddles | nummod |
| 19 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 griddles | compound |
| 20 | griddles | griddle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 borrowed | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 took | punct |
| 22 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 took | nsubj |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 took | nsubj |
| 24 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 griddles | parataxis |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 kneaded | cc |
| 26 | kneaded | knead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 took | conj |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 29 hearts | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 hearts | det |
| 29 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 kneaded | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 one | case |
| 31 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 hearts | nmod |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 cakes | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 cakes | cc |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 and | punct |
| 35 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 36 cakes | nummod |
| 36 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 one | nmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 bread | case |
| 38 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 cakes | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 baked | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 baked | cc |
| 41 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 43 baked | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 baked | nsubj |
| 43 | baked | bake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 took | conj |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 fire | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 fire | det |
| 46 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 baked | obl |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 way | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 way | det |
| 49 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 way | amod |
| 50 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 fire | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 setting | punct |
| 52 | setting | set | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 43 baked | conj |
| 53 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 setting | obj |
| 54 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 52 setting | advmod |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 according | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 according | det |
| 57 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 according | compound |
| 58 | according | according | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 setting | obl |
| 59 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 62 done | mark |
| 60 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 done | nsubj |
| 61 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 done | aux:pass |
| 62 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 setting | advcl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 prepared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | everything | now | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | ||||
| 2 | prepare | past | Having | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | send | past | wife | the neighbours | round property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to neighbour=Destination | |||
| 4 | borrow | past | Having not said here | one | twenty iron griddles obl | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | |||
| 5 | take | past | twenty iron griddles | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | knead | past | twenty iron griddles not said here | the hearts of one twenty cakes of bread | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into heart=Product | ||||
| 7 | bake | participle · passive | these | on the fire in the usual way | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient on fire=Instrument | ||||
| 8 | set | gerund | cakes = cake | the cupboard according | aside property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in according=Destination | |||
| 9 | do | past · passive | cakes = cake | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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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