Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 45

He began thinking with himself what he ought to do, and he did not like to bring her home with himself to his father's house, for he knew well that they would not believe him, that he had been in France and brought back with him the king of France's daughter, and he was afraid they might make a mock of the young lady or insult her.

Who acts: devil, eyes · What happens: begin, think, do, not like, bring, know · To what, where: home, house, devil, France, king, mock · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (devil, eyes), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 began	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 thinking	obl
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 do	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 do	nsubj
8	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 do	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thinking	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 like	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 like	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 like	nsubj
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 like	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 like	advmod
16	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 began	parataxis
17	to	to	PART	_	18 bring	mark
18	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 like	xcomp
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 home	nmod:poss
20	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bring	obj
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 himself	case
22	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 bring	obl
23	to	to	ADP	_	27 house	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 father	nmod:poss
25	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 house	nmod:poss
26	's	's	PART	_	25 father	case
27	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bring	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 knew	punct
29	for	for	SCONJ	_	31 knew	mark
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 knew	nsubj
31	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 began	parataxis
32	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	31 knew	advmod
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 believe	mark
34	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 believe	nsubj
35	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 believe	aux
36	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	37 believe	advmod
37	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 knew	ccomp
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 believe	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 France	punct
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 France	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 France	nsubj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 France	aux
43	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 France	cop
44	in	in	ADP	_	45 France	case
45	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 believe	obl
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 brought	cc
47	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 began	conj
48	back	back	ADV	_	47 brought	advmod
49	with	with	ADP	_	50 him	case
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 brought	obl
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 king	det
52	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 brought	obj
53	of	of	ADP	_	56 daughter	case
54	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 daughter	nmod:poss
55	's	's	PART	_	54 France	case
56	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 king	nmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 afraid	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 afraid	cc
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 afraid	nsubj
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 afraid	cop
61	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 began	parataxis
62	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 make	nsubj
63	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 make	aux
64	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 afraid	ccomp
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 mock	det
66	mock	mock	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 make	obj
67	of	of	ADP	_	70 lady	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 lady	det
69	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 lady	amod
70	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 mock	nmod
71	or	or	CCONJ	_	72 insult	cc
72	insult	insult	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 make	conj
73	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 insult	obj
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 began	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	begin	past	devil					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	gerund	devil not said here				with devil	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	do	ought	devil					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4	not like	past · do-support	devil					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	bring not said to happen	to-infinitive	devil not said here	girl's home		devil's father's house	with devil	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to house=Destination
6	know	past	devil				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	not believe	would	eyes = eye	devil				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
8	is	past · perfect	devil			France		tree rules
9	bring back	past	devil not said here		the king of France's daughter		with devil	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument king=Destination
10	is	past	devil				afraid property	tree rules
11	make	might	eyes = eye	a mock of the young lady				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mock=Product
12	insult	infinitive	eyes = eye not said here	girl				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
13	mock			the young lady				nom mock «act transitive»: of=patient

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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