Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 60

In this very thing, moreover, he was very much resembled by his great foe, Cucullin; for it was well known that the huge strength he possessed all lay in the middle finger of his right hand, and that, if he happened by any mischance to lose it, he was no more, for all his bulk, than a common man.

Who acts: great foe, huge strength, o'clock · What happens: resemble, know, possess, lay, happen, lose · To what, where: o'clock, thing, foe, middle finger · 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 (great foe, huge strength, o'clock), 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 thing	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 thing	det
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 thing	advmod
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 resembled	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 moreover	punct
6	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	4 thing	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thing	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 resembled	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 resembled	aux:pass
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 much	advmod
11	much	much	ADV	_	12 resembled	advmod
12	resembled	resemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 foe	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 foe	nmod:poss
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 foe	amod
16	foe	foe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 resembled	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Cucullin	punct
18	Cucullin	Cucullin	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 foe	appos
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 known	punct
20	for	for	SCONJ	_	24 known	mark
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 known	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 known	aux:pass
23	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	24 known	advmod
24	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 resembled	parataxis
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 possessed	mark
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 strength	det
27	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 strength	amod
28	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 possessed	nsubj
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 possessed	nsubj
30	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 known	ccomp
31	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	32 lay	advmod
32	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 possessed	advcl
33	in	in	ADP	_	36 finger	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 finger	det
35	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 finger	amod
36	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 lay	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	40 hand	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 hand	nmod:poss
39	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 hand	amod
40	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 finger	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 that	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 that	cc
43	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 resembled	parataxis
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 happened	punct
45	if	if	SCONJ	_	47 happened	mark
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 happened	nsubj
47	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 resembled	conj
48	by	by	ADP	_	50 mischance	case
49	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	50 mischance	det
50	mischance	mischance	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 happened	obl
51	to	to	PART	_	52 lose	mark
52	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 happened	advcl
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 lose	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 more	punct
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 more	nsubj
56	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 more	cop
57	no	no	ADV	_	58 more	advmod
58	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 resembled	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 bulk	punct
60	for	for	ADP	_	63 bulk	case
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 bulk	det:predet
62	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 bulk	nmod:poss
63	bulk	bulk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 resembled	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 man	punct
65	than	than	ADP	_	68 man	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 man	det
67	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 man	amod
68	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 resembled	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 resembled	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	resemble	past · passive	o'clock's great foe	o'clock	this thing	for o'clock's bulk; than a common man	tree rules
2	know	past · passive		foe		well property	tree rules
3	possess	past	the huge strength				vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
4	lay	present	the huge strength not said here		the middle finger of o'clock's right hand		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in finger=Destination
5	happen a condition, not said to happen	past	o'clock			by any mischance	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by mischance=Location
6	lose	to-infinitive	o'clock not said here	foe			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
7	not is	past	o'clock			more 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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