Celtic Fairy Tales, VI. Hudden and Dudden., sentence 5
Another version of our tale is given under the title "Donald and his Neighbours," in the chapbook _Hibernian Tales_, whence it was reprinted by Thackeray in his _Irish Sketch-Book_, c. xvi.
Who acts: Thackeray, our · What happens: give, reprint, tell · To what, where: version, title, Irish Sketch Book · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, VI. Hudden and Dudden.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Thackeray, our), 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 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 version | det |
| 2 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 tale | case |
| 4 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 tale | nmod:poss |
| 5 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 version | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 given | aux:pass |
| 7 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 title | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 title | det |
| 10 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | obl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Donald | punct |
| 12 | Donald | Donald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 title | appos |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Neighbours | cc |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 Neighbours | nmod:poss |
| 15 | Neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Donald | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Donald | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Donald | punct |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 chapbook | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 chapbook | det |
| 20 | chapbook | chapbook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | obl |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 23 Tales | punct |
| 22 | Hibernian | Hibernian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Tales | compound |
| 23 | Tales | Tales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 given | obl |
| 24 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 23 Tales | punct |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 reprinted | punct |
| 26 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 29 reprinted | advmod |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 reprinted | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 reprinted | aux:pass |
| 29 | reprinted | reprint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 Tales | acl:relcl |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 Thackeray | case |
| 31 | Thackeray | Thackeray | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 reprinted | obl |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 Book | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 Book | nmod:poss |
| 34 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 38 Book | punct |
| 35 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 Book | amod |
| 36 | Sketch | Sketch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Book | compound |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 Sketch | punct |
| 38 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 reprinted | obl |
| 39 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 29 reprinted | punct |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 xvi | punct |
| 41 | c. | c. | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 xvi | compound |
| 42 | xvi | xvi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Tales | appos |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | another version of our tale | the title | in the chapbook; Hibernian Tales obl | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | reprint | past · passive | Thackeray | version | _'s Irish Sketch Book | whence property | tree rules | ||
| 3 | tell | our | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=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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