Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3, sentence 42

He told them all his news, and said that he was certain that there was great power in that herb, and that it would do the lady no hurt, for he tried it himself and got good from it, and then he made her taste it, for he vowed and swore that there was no harm in it.

Who acts: herb, great power, power, girl, harm · What happens: tell, say, be, do, try, get · To what, where: news, hunger, herb, lady, hurt, power · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (herb, great power, power, girl), 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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 news	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 news	nmod:poss
6	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 certain	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 certain	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 certain	cop
13	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	ccomp
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 was	mark
15	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	16 was	expl
16	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 certain	advcl
17	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 power	amod
18	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 was	nsubj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 herb	case
20	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 herb	det
21	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 was	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 do	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 do	cc
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 do	mark
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 do	nsubj
26	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 do	aux
27	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 lady	det
29	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 do	obj
30	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	31 hurt	det
31	hurt	hurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 do	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 tried	punct
33	for	for	SCONJ	_	35 tried	mark
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 tried	nsubj
35	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 do	parataxis
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 tried	obj
37	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	35 tried	obj
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 got	cc
39	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 tried	conj
40	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 got	xcomp
41	from	from	ADP	_	42 it	case
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 got	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 made	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 made	cc
45	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	47 made	advmod
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 made	nsubj
47	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
48	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 made	obj
49	taste	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 made	xcomp
50	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 taste	obj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 vowed	punct
52	for	for	SCONJ	_	54 vowed	mark
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 vowed	nsubj
54	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 made	parataxis
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 swore	cc
56	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 vowed	conj
57	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 was	mark
58	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	59 was	expl
59	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 swore	ccomp
60	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	61 harm	det
61	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 was	nsubj
62	in	in	ADP	_	63 it	case
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 harm	nmod
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	herb	herb's news	hunger				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient news=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	herb not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	is	past	herb					certain property	tree rules
4	be	past	great power			that herb; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in herb=Location
5	do	would	power	the lady					tree rules
6	try	past	herb	hurt					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer himself=Result
7	get	past	herb not said here			power		good property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from it=Destination
8	make	past	herb	girl			then		tree rules
9	taste	infinitive	girl not said here	power					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute
10	vow	past	herb						tree rules
11	swear	past	herb not said here						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
12	be	past	no harm in power			there			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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