Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 63
When Guleesh said from what he saw he thought the girl was not satisfied with the marriage that was going to take place in the palace before he and the sheehogues broke it up, there came a red blush into the girl's cheek, and he was more certain than ever that she had sooner be as she was--badly as she was--than be the married wife of the man she hated.
Who acts: Guleesh, girl, marriage, red blush, blush · What happens: say, see, think, not be, go, take · To what, where: place, palace, cheek, man · 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 (Guleesh, girl, marriage, red blush), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 said | advmod |
| 2 | Guleesh | Guleesh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 thought | parataxis |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 what | case |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 thought | nsubj |
| 9 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 satisfied | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 satisfied | cop |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 satisfied | advmod |
| 14 | satisfied | satisfied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 thought | ccomp |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 marriage | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 marriage | det |
| 17 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 satisfied | obl |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 going | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 going | aux |
| 20 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 marriage | acl:relcl |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 take | mark |
| 22 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 going | xcomp |
| 23 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 take | obj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 palace | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 palace | det |
| 26 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 take | obl |
| 27 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 32 broke | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 broke | nsubj |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 sheehogues | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 sheehogues | det |
| 31 | sheehogues | sheehogue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 he | conj |
| 32 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 take | advcl |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 broke | obj |
| 34 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 broke | compound:prt |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 came | punct |
| 36 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 37 came | expl |
| 37 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 satisfied | parataxis |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 blush | det |
| 39 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 blush | amod |
| 40 | blush | blush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 came | nsubj |
| 41 | into | into | ADP | _ | 45 cheek | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 girl | det |
| 43 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 44 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 43 girl | case |
| 45 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 came | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 certain | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 certain | cc |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 certain | nsubj |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 certain | cop |
| 50 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 51 certain | advmod |
| 51 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 came | conj |
| 52 | than | than | ADP | _ | 53 ever | case |
| 53 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 51 certain | obl |
| 54 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 56 had | mark |
| 55 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 had | nsubj |
| 56 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 certain | advcl |
| 57 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 56 had | advmod |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 61 was | cop |
| 59 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 61 was | mark |
| 60 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 was | nsubj |
| 61 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 sooner | conj |
| 62 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 66 was | punct |
| 63 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 66 was | advmod |
| 64 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 66 was | mark |
| 65 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 was | nsubj |
| 66 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 had | conj |
| 67 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 72 wife | punct |
| 68 | than | than | ADP | _ | 72 wife | case |
| 69 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 72 wife | cop |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 wife | det |
| 71 | married | married | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 wife | amod |
| 72 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 was | obl |
| 73 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 man | case |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 man | det |
| 75 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 wife | nmod |
| 76 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 77 hated | nsubj |
| 77 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 75 man | acl:relcl |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Guleesh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see | past | Guleesh | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | Guleesh | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not is | past | the girl | with the marriage; satisfied property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go | past · progressive | the marriage | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | take | to-infinitive | the marriage not said here | place | the palace | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in palace=Location | |||
| 7 | break up | past | Guleesh | place | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 8 | come | past | a red blush | the girl's cheek; there | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into cheek=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | is | past | Guleesh | certain property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | have | past | blush | soon property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | is | infinitive | blush | be property | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | be | past | blush | badly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 13 | is | infinitive | than the married wife; of the man | tree rules | |||||
| 14 | hate | past | blush | the man not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
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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