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Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1, sentence 27

But when the last day of the month of waiting came, Connla stood by the side of the king his father on the Plain of Arcomin, and again he saw the maiden come towards him, and again she spoke to him.

Who acts: last day, Connla, age · What happens: come, stand, see, speak · To what, where: father, Plain, age · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last day, Connla, age), 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

ccadvmoddetamodnsubjcasedetnmodcasenmodadvclpunctnsubjcasedetoblcasedetnmodnmod:possobjcasedetoblcasenmodpunctccadvmodnsubjconjdetxcompxcompcaseoblpunctccadvmodnsubjconjcaseoblpunctrootButCCONJwhenADVtheDETlastADJdayNOUNofADPtheDETmonthNOUNofADPwaitingNOUNcameVERB,PUNCTConnlaPROPNstoodVERBbyADPtheDETsideNOUNofADPtheDETkingNOUNhisPRONfatherNOUNonADPtheDETPlainPROPNofADPArcominPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJagainADVhePRONsawVERBtheDETmaidenADJcomeVERBtowardsADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJagainADVshePRONspokeVERBtoADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_14 stoodcc
2whenwhenADVPronType=Int11 cameadvmod
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 daydet
4lastlastADJDegree=Pos5 dayamod
5daydayNOUNNumber=Sing11 camensubj
6ofofADP_8 monthcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 monthdet
8monthmonthNOUNNumber=Sing5 daynmod
9ofofADP_10 waitingcase
10waitingwaitingNOUNNumber=Sing8 monthnmod
11camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 stoodadvcl
12,,PUNCT_11 camepunct
13ConnlaConnlaPROPNNumber=Sing14 stoodnsubj
14stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
15bybyADP_17 sidecase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 sidedet
17sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing14 stoodobl
18ofofADP_20 kingcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 kingdet
20kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing17 sidenmod
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 fathernmod:poss
22fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing14 stoodobj
23ononADP_25 Plaincase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 Plaindet
25PlainPlainPROPNNumber=Sing14 stoodobl
26ofofADP_27 Arcomincase
27ArcominArcominPROPNNumber=Sing25 Plainnmod
28,,PUNCT_32 sawpunct
29andandCCONJ_32 sawcc
30againagainADV_32 sawadvmod
31hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 sawnsubj
32sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 stoodconj
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 maidendet
34maidenmaidenADJDegree=Pos32 sawxcomp
35comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf34 maidenxcomp
36towardstowardsADP_37 himcase
37himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 comeobl
38,,PUNCT_42 spokepunct
39andandCCONJ_42 spokecc
40againagainADV_42 spokeadvmod
41sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 spokensubj
42spokespeakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 stoodconj
43totoADP_44 himcase
44himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 spokeobl
45..PUNCT_14 stoodpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe last day of the month of waitingvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2standpastConnlaage's fatherthe Plain of Arcominby the side of the kingvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent father=Theme by side=Destination
3seepastageagainmaiden propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4comeinfinitiveage not said heretowards agevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards he=Initial_Location
5speak speech: otherpastConnlaageagainvn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=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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