Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 80
This was a startler even to Cucullin; but he got up, however, and after pulling the middle finger of his right hand until it cracked three times, he went outside, and getting his arms about the house, turned it as she had wished.
Who acts: This, husband, finger, getting, M'Coul · What happens: be, get up, pull, crack, go, get · To what, where: startler, Cucullin, middle finger, arms, house
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 (This, husband, finger, getting), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 startler | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 startler | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 startler | det |
| 4 | startler | startler | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 Cucullin | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Cucullin | case |
| 7 | Cucullin | Cucullin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 startler | nmod |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 got | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 startler | parataxis |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 got | compound:prt |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 however | punct |
| 14 | however | however | ADV | _ | 11 got | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 went | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 went | cc |
| 17 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 18 pulling | mark |
| 18 | pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 went | advcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 finger | det |
| 20 | middle | middle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 finger | amod |
| 21 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 pulling | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 hand | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 hand | nmod:poss |
| 24 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 hand | amod |
| 25 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 finger | nmod |
| 26 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 28 cracked | mark |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 cracked | nsubj |
| 28 | cracked | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 pulling | advcl |
| 29 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 times | nummod |
| 30 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 cracked | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 pulling | punct |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 went | nsubj |
| 33 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 got | conj |
| 34 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 33 went | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 turned | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 turned | cc |
| 37 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 44 turned | csubj |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 arms | nmod:poss |
| 39 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 getting | obj |
| 40 | about | about | ADP | _ | 42 house | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 house | det |
| 42 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 arms | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 getting | punct |
| 44 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 went | conj |
| 45 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 turned | obj |
| 46 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 wished | mark |
| 47 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 wished | nsubj |
| 48 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 wished | aux |
| 49 | wished | wish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 turned | advcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 startler | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | This | a startler | Cucullin | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get up | past | husband | however property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | pull | gerund | husband not said here | the middle finger of husband's right hand | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme | ||||
| 4 | crack | past | finger | time | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | go | past | husband | outside property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | get | gerund | husband's arms | about the house | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | turn | past | getting | house | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 8 | wish | past · perfect | M'Coul | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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