Celtic Fairy Tales, XIII. the Wooing of Olwen., sentence 27
_ 486-97) the whole story is a mythological one, Kulhwych's mother being the dawn, the clover blossoms that grow under Olwen's feet being comparable to the roses that sprung up where Aphrodite had trod, and Yspyddadon being the incarnation of the sacred hawthorn.
Who acts: 486-97, mother, clover blossoms, feet, roses, Aphrodite · What happens: be, grow, spring up, tread · To what, where: mythological one, dawn, incarnation
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XIII. the Wooing of Olwen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (486-97, mother, clover blossoms, feet), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 2 486-97 | punct |
| 2 | 486-97 | 486-97 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 one | nsubj |
| 3 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 486-97 | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 story | amod |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 one | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 one | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 one | det |
| 9 | mythological | mythological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 one | amod |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 dawn | punct |
| 12 | Kulhwych | Kulhwych | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 mother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Kulhwych | case |
| 14 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dawn | nsubj |
| 15 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 dawn | cop |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dawn | det |
| 17 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 one | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 blossoms | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 blossoms | det |
| 20 | clover | clover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 blossoms | compound |
| 21 | blossoms | blossom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 one | nmod |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 grow | nsubj |
| 23 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 blossoms | acl:relcl |
| 24 | under | under | ADP | _ | 29 comparable | mark |
| 25 | Olwen | Olwen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 feet | nmod:poss |
| 26 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 25 Olwen | case |
| 27 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 comparable | nsubj |
| 28 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 comparable | cop |
| 29 | comparable | comparable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 grow | advcl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 roses | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 roses | det |
| 32 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 comparable | obl |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 sprung | nsubj |
| 34 | sprung | spring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 roses | acl |
| 35 | up | up | ADP | _ | 34 sprung | compound:prt |
| 36 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 39 trod | advmod |
| 37 | Aphrodite | Aphrodite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 trod | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 trod | aux |
| 39 | trod | tread | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 sprung | advcl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 incarnation | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 incarnation | cc |
| 42 | Yspyddadon | Yspyddadon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 incarnation | nsubj |
| 43 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 incarnation | cop |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 incarnation | det |
| 45 | incarnation | incarnation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 one | conj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 hawthorn | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 hawthorn | det |
| 48 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 hawthorn | amod |
| 49 | hawthorn | hawthorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 incarnation | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 486-97 | a mythological one and the dawn and the incarnation | the clover blossoms nmod | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | gerund | Kulhwych's mother | the dawn | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | grow | present | the clover blossoms | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | is | gerund | Olwen's feet | to the roses; comparable property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | spring up | participle | the roses | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | tread | past · perfect | Aphrodite | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | is a | gerund | Yspyddadon | the incarnation | of the sacred hawthorn | 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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