Celtic Fairy Tales, XVIII. Legend of Knockmany., sentence 10
On the other hand, there is a distinct reference to Finn's wisdom-tooth, which presaged the future to him (on this see _Revue Celtique_, v. 201, Joyce, _Old Celt.
Who acts: distinct reference, wisdom tooth, this · What happens: be, presage, see, v. · To what, where: other hand, future, reference, Revue, 201
This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XVIII. Legend of Knockmany.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (distinct reference, wisdom tooth, this), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 hand | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hand | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hand | amod |
| 4 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hand | punct |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 is | expl |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 reference | det |
| 9 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 reference | amod |
| 10 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | nsubj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 tooth | case |
| 12 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 tooth | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Finn | case |
| 14 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tooth | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 wisdom | punct |
| 16 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 presaged | punct |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 presaged | nsubj |
| 19 | presaged | presage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 tooth | acl:relcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 future | det |
| 21 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 presaged | obj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 presaged | obl |
| 24 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 27 see | punct |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 see | case |
| 26 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 see | nsubj |
| 27 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 presaged | conj |
| 28 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 29 Revue | punct |
| 29 | Revue | Revue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 see | obj |
| 30 | Celtique | Celtique | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Revue | flat |
| 31 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 29 Revue | punct |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 v. | punct |
| 33 | v. | v. | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 see | conj |
| 34 | 201 | 201 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 33 v. | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Joyce | punct |
| 36 | Joyce | Joyce | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 tooth | appos |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Joyce | punct |
| 38 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 40 Celt | punct |
| 39 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 Celt | amod |
| 40 | Celt | Celt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 tooth | conj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a distinct reference | the other hand; there | to Finn's wisdom tooth and Old Celt | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location | |||
| 2 | presage | past | Finn's wisdom tooth and Old Celt | the future | reference | tree rules | |||
| 3 | see | infinitive | this | Revue | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revue=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | v. | infinitive | this not said here | 201 | tree rules |
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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