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Celtic Fairy Tales, A Legend of Knockmany, sentence 97

I thought, however, that, as you were reported to be rather a stout little fellow of your size, you might be able to manage it, and I did not wish to affront a man that thinks himself able to fight Fin.

Who acts: I, you, man · What happens: think, report, be, manage, not wish, affront · To what, where: that, you, stout little fellow, size, man, fellow · 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 (I, you, man), 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

nsubjpunctadvmodpunctoblpunctmarknsubj:passaux:passconjmarkcopadvmoddetamodamodxcompcasenmod:possnmodpunctnsubjauxcopparataxismarkxcompobjpunctccnsubjauxadvmodccompmarkxcompdetobjnsubjacl:relclobjxcompmarkxcompobjpunctrootIPRONthoughtVERB,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTthatPRON,PUNCTasSCONJyouPRONwereAUXreportedVERBtoPARTbeAUXratherADVaDETstoutADJlittleADJfellowNOUNofADPyourPRONsizeNOUN,PUNCTyouPRONmightAUXbeAUXableADJtoPARTmanageVERBitPRON,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONdidAUXnotPARTwishVERBtoPARTaffrontVERBaDETmanNOUNthatPRONthinksVERBhimselfPRONableADJtoPARTfightVERBFinPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 thoughtnsubj
2thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_4 howeverpunct
4howeverhoweverADV_2 thoughtadvmod
5,,PUNCT_6 thatpunct
6thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 thoughtobl
7,,PUNCT_11 reportedpunct
8asasSCONJ_11 reportedmark
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs11 reportednsubj:pass
10werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 reportedaux:pass
11reportedreportVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 thoughtconj
12totoPART_18 fellowmark
13bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf18 fellowcop
14ratherratherADV_18 fellowadvmod
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 fellowdet
16stoutstoutADJDegree=Pos18 fellowamod
17littlelittleADJDegree=Pos18 fellowamod
18fellowfellowNOUNNumber=Sing11 reportedxcomp
19ofofADP_21 sizecase
20youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 sizenmod:poss
21sizesizeNOUNNumber=Sing18 fellownmod
22,,PUNCT_26 ablepunct
23youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs26 ablensubj
24mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin26 ableaux
25bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf26 ablecop
26ableableADJDegree=Pos11 reportedparataxis
27totoPART_28 managemark
28managemanageVERBVerbForm=Inf26 ablexcomp
29ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 manageobj
30,,PUNCT_35 wishpunct
31andandCCONJ_35 wishcc
32IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs35 wishnsubj
33diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 wishaux
34notnotPARTPolarity=Neg35 wishadvmod
35wishwishVERBVerbForm=Inf2 thoughtccomp
36totoPART_37 affrontmark
37affrontaffrontVERBVerbForm=Inf35 wishxcomp
38aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 mandet
39manmanNOUNNumber=Sing37 affrontobj
40thatthatPRONPronType=Rel41 thinksnsubj
41thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 manacl:relcl
42himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes41 thinksobj
43ableableADJDegree=Pos41 thinksxcomp
44totoPART_45 fightmark
45fightfightVERBVerbForm=Inf43 ablexcomp
46FinFinPROPNNumber=Sing45 fightobj
47..PUNCT_2 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastIthathowever propertyvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2reportpast · passiveyouvn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3is ato-infinitivea stout little fellowof your sizetree rules
4ismightyouable propertytree rules
5manageto-infinitiveyou not said heresizevn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
6not wishpast · do-supportIvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7affront not said to happento-infinitiveI not said herea manvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus man=Experiencer
8think speech: otherpresenta manfellowable propertyvn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
9fightto-infinitivea man not said hereFinvn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fin=Co-Agent

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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