Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 78
He remembered then, suddenly, that it was one November night that he was standing at the gable of the house, when the whirlwind came, and the sheehogues in it, and he said to himself: "We have November night again to-day, and I'll stand in the same place I was last year, until I see if the good people come again.
Who acts: Guleesh, sea, whirlwind, We, good people · What happens: remember, be, stand, come, say, have · To what, where: one, gable, sheehogues, Guleesh, same place, last year · 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, sea, whirlwind, We), 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 remembered | nsubj |
| 2 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 remembered | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 suddenly | punct |
| 5 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 2 remembered | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 one | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 one | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 one | cop |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 night | nummod |
| 11 | November | November | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 night | compound |
| 12 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 remembered | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 standing | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 standing | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 standing | aux |
| 16 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 remembered | advcl |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 gable | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 gable | det |
| 19 | gable | gable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 standing | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 house | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 house | det |
| 22 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 gable | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 came | punct |
| 24 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 27 came | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 whirlwind | det |
| 26 | whirlwind | whirlwind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 came | nsubj |
| 27 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 remembered | parataxis |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 sheehogues | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 sheehogues | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 sheehogues | det |
| 31 | sheehogues | sheehogue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 came | obl |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 it | case |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 sheehogues | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 said | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 said | cc |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 said | nsubj |
| 37 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 remembered | parataxis |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 himself | case |
| 39 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 37 said | obl |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 43 have | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 have | punct |
| 42 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 have | nsubj |
| 43 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 said | ccomp |
| 44 | November | November | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 night | compound |
| 45 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 have | obj |
| 46 | again | again | ADV | _ | 43 have | advmod |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 day | case |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 to | punct |
| 49 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 again | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 stand | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 stand | cc |
| 52 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 stand | nsubj |
| 53 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 stand | aux |
| 54 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 have | parataxis |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 place | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 place | det |
| 57 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 place | amod |
| 58 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 stand | obl |
| 59 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 62 year | nsubj |
| 60 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 year | cop |
| 61 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 year | amod |
| 62 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 place | acl:relcl |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 see | punct |
| 64 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 66 see | mark |
| 65 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 see | nsubj |
| 66 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 stand | conj |
| 67 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 71 come | mark |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 people | det |
| 69 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 people | amod |
| 70 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 come | nsubj |
| 71 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 66 see | advcl |
| 72 | again | again | ADV | _ | 71 come | advmod |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 remembered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | past | Guleesh | then; night | suddenly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is a | past | sea | one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stand | past · progressive | Guleesh | the gable of the house | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gable=Location | ||||
| 4 | come | past | the whirlwind | the sheehogues in sea | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | Guleesh | Guleesh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | have in a quote | present | We | again; night | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | stand in a quote | future | Guleesh | the same place | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | ||||
| 8 | is a in a quote | past | Guleesh | last year | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | see in a quote | present | Guleesh | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | come a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | the good people | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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