Celtic Fairy Tales, V. Conal Yellowclaw., sentence 11
That fantastical way of bearing testimony to the previous tale by producing an old woman who says the tale is not only true, but who was the very old woman who lived in the giant's castle is almost" (why "almost," Mr. Thackeray?) "a stroke of genius."
Who acts: fantastical way, old woman, tale, Thackeray · What happens: bear, produce, say, not be, be, live · To what, where: testimony, old woman, castle · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, V. Conal Yellowclaw.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fantastical way, old woman, tale, Thackeray), 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 way | det |
| 2 | fantastical | fantastical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 way | amod |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 why | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 bearing | mark |
| 5 | bearing | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 way | acl |
| 6 | testimony | testimony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bearing | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 tale | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tale | det |
| 9 | previous | previous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tale | amod |
| 10 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bearing | obl |
| 11 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 12 producing | mark |
| 12 | producing | produce | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 bearing | advcl |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 woman | det |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 woman | amod |
| 15 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 producing | obj |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 says | nsubj |
| 17 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 woman | acl:relcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 tale | det |
| 19 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 true | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 true | cop |
| 21 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 true | advmod |
| 22 | only | only | ADV | _ | 23 true | advmod |
| 23 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 says | ccomp |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 woman | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 31 woman | cc |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 woman | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 woman | cop |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 woman | det |
| 29 | very | very | ADV | _ | 30 old | advmod |
| 30 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 woman | amod |
| 31 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 way | appos |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 lived | nsubj |
| 33 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 woman | acl:relcl |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 castle | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 giant | det |
| 36 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 castle | nmod:poss |
| 37 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 36 giant | case |
| 38 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 lived | obl |
| 39 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 why | cop |
| 40 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 41 " | advmod |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 is | punct |
| 42 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 43 why | punct |
| 43 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 almost | punct |
| 45 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 49 Thackeray | advmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 almost | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 almost | punct |
| 48 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 Thackeray | nmod:desc |
| 49 | Thackeray | Thackeray | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 stroke | nsubj |
| 50 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 49 Thackeray | punct |
| 51 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 49 Thackeray | punct |
| 52 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 stroke | punct |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 stroke | det |
| 54 | stroke | stroke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 why | ccomp |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 genius | case |
| 56 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 stroke | nmod |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 54 stroke | punct |
| 58 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 stroke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | gerund | that fantastical way not said here | testimony | to the previous tale | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent testimony=Patient | |||
| 2 | produce | gerund | that fantastical way not said here | a old woman | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Result | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | a old woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not is | present | the tale | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | that fantastical way | the old woman | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | live | past | the old woman | the giant's castle | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | ||||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | that fantastical way | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | stroke | Thackeray Mr. | of genius | 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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