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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 stood | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 came | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 day | amod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 month | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 month | det |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 waiting | case |
| 10 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 month | nmod |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 stood | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 13 | Connla | Connla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 stood | nsubj |
| 14 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 side | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 side | det |
| 17 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stood | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 king | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 king | det |
| 20 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 side | nmod |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 father | nmod:poss |
| 22 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stood | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 Plain | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Plain | det |
| 25 | Plain | Plain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 stood | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Arcomin | case |
| 27 | Arcomin | Arcomin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Plain | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 saw | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 saw | cc |
| 30 | again | again | ADV | _ | 32 saw | advmod |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 saw | nsubj |
| 32 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 stood | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 maiden | det |
| 34 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 saw | xcomp |
| 35 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 maiden | xcomp |
| 36 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 37 him | case |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 come | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 spoke | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 spoke | cc |
| 40 | again | again | ADV | _ | 42 spoke | advmod |
| 41 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 spoke | nsubj |
| 42 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 stood | conj |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 him | case |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 spoke | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the last day of the month of waiting | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stand | past | Connla | age's father | the Plain of Arcomin | by the side of the king | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent father=Theme by side=Destination | ||
| 3 | see | past | age | again | maiden property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 4 | come | infinitive | age not said here | towards age | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards he=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | speak speech: other | past | Connla | age | again | vn 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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