Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2, sentence 79
Perhaps I might see or hear something that would be useful to me, and might bring back her talk again to Mary"--that was the name himself and the priest called the king's daughter, for neither of them knew her right name.
Who acts: I, that, priest, neither, sheehogue · What happens: see, hear, be, bring back, call, know · To what, where: something, me, talk, Mary, name, daughter · 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 (I, that, priest, neither), 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 | Perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 4 see | advmod |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 hear | cc |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 see | conj |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 hear | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 useful | nsubj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 useful | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 useful | cop |
| 11 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 something | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 me | case |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 useful | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bring | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 bring | cc |
| 16 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 bring | aux |
| 17 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 see | conj |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 bring | advmod |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 talk | nmod:poss |
| 20 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bring | obj |
| 21 | again | again | ADV | _ | 17 bring | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 Mary | case |
| 23 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 bring | obl |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Mary | punct |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 name | punct |
| 26 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 name | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 name | cop |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 name | det |
| 29 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Mary | appos |
| 30 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 29 name | appos |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 priest | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 priest | det |
| 33 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 himself | conj |
| 34 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 priest | acl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 king | det |
| 36 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 37 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 36 king | case |
| 38 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 called | xcomp |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 knew | punct |
| 40 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 44 knew | mark |
| 41 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 44 knew | nsubj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 them | case |
| 43 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 neither | nmod |
| 44 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | parataxis |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 name | nmod:poss |
| 46 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 name | amod |
| 47 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 knew | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | might | I | perhaps property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | hear | infinitive | I not said here | something | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is | would | me | useful property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | bring back | might | I not said here | sheehogue's talk | Mary | again | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent talk=Theme to mary=Destination | ||
| 5 | is a in a quote | past | that | the name | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | call in a quote | participle | the priest not said here | the king's daughter | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | know in a quote | past | neither | sheehogue's right name | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | talk | sheehogue | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | name in a quote | sheehogue | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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