Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 71

That was true for them, indeed, for it was seldom the day went by but Guleesh would go to the priest's house, and have a talk with him, and as often as he would come he used to hope to find the young lady well again, and with leave to speak; but, alas! she remained dumb and silent, without relief or cure.

Who acts: That, business, Guleesh, priest · What happens: be, go by, go, have, come, use · To what, where: house, talk, young lady · 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 (That, business, Guleesh, priest), 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	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 true	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 indeed	punct
7	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	3 true	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 went	punct
9	for	for	ADP	_	14 day	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 day	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 day	cop
12	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	14 day	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 went	obl
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
16	by	by	ADP	_	15 went	obl
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 go	cc
18	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 go	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 go	aux
20	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 went	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	25 house	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 priest	det
23	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 house	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 priest	case
25	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 go	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 have	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 have	cc
28	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 go	conj
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 talk	det
30	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 have	obj
31	with	with	ADP	_	32 him	case
32	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 talk	nmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 come	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 come	cc
35	as	as	ADV	_	36 often	advmod
36	often	often	ADV	_	40 come	advmod
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 come	mark
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 come	nsubj
39	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 come	aux
40	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 true	parataxis
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 used	nsubj
42	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 come	ccomp
43	to	to	PART	_	44 hope	mark
44	hope	hope	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 used	xcomp
45	to	to	PART	_	46 find	mark
46	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 hope	xcomp
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 lady	det
48	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 lady	amod
49	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 find	obj
50	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	46 find	advmod
51	again	again	ADV	_	46 find	advmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 leave	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 leave	cc
54	with	with	ADP	_	55 leave	case
55	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 come	parataxis
56	to	to	PART	_	57 speak	mark
57	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 leave	acl
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	64 remained	punct
59	but	but	CCONJ	_	61 alas	cc
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 but	punct
61	alas	alas	INTJ	_	64 remained	discourse
62	!	!	PUNCT	_	61 alas	punct
63	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 remained	nsubj
64	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
65	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 remained	xcomp
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 silent	cc
67	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 dumb	conj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 relief	punct
69	without	without	ADP	_	70 relief	case
70	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 remained	obl
71	or	or	CCONJ	_	72 cure	cc
72	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 relief	conj
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That				for house; indeed, true property	tree rules
2	is	past	business			for the day	seldom property	tree rules
3	go by	past						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	go	would	Guleesh		the priest's house			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location
5	have	infinitive	Guleesh not said here	a talk			with Guleesh	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient
6	come	would	Guleesh				often property	tree rules
7	use	past	Guleesh					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8	hope	to-infinitive	Guleesh not said here					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9	find not said to happen	to-infinitive	Guleesh not said here	the young lady		again	well property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Topic
10	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	Guleesh not said here					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	remain	past	priest				without relief or cure; dumb property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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