Celtic Fairy Tales, The Horned Women, sentence 24

And first, to break their spells, she sprinkled the water in which she had washed her child's feet, the feet-water, outside the door on the threshold; secondly, she took the cake which in her absence the witches had made of meal mixed with the blood drawn from the sleeping family, and she broke the cake in bits, and placed a bit in the mouth of each sleeper, and they were restored; and she took the cloth they had woven, and placed it half in and half out of the chest with the padlock; and lastly, she secured the door with a great crossbeam fastened in the jambs, so that the witches could not enter, and having done these things she waited.

Who acts: Spirit, absence, Witch, enchantments, witches · What happens: break, sprinkle, wash, take, make, mix · To what, where: spells, water, feet, cake, witches, meal

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Horned Women. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Spirit, absence, Witch, enchantments), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 break	cc
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 break	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 break	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 break	mark
5	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spells	nmod:poss
7	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 break	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sprinkled	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sprinkled	nsubj
10	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 break	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sprinkled	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 washed	obl
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 washed	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 washed	aux
17	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 water	acl:relcl
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 child	nmod:poss
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 feet	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 child	case
21	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 washed	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 feet	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 feet	det
24	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 feet	conj
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 water	punct
26	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 feet	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 door	punct
28	outside	outside	ADP	_	30 door	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 door	det
30	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 washed	obl
31	on	on	ADP	_	33 threshold	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 threshold	det
33	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 door	nmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 break	punct
35	secondly	secondly	ADV	_	5 break	advmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 took	punct
37	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 took	nsubj
38	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 break	parataxis
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 cake	det
40	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 took	obj
41	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 took	obj
42	in	in	ADP	_	44 absence	case
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 absence	nmod:poss
44	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 which	nmod
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 witches	det
46	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 made	nsubj:pass
47	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 made	aux
48	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 absence	acl:relcl
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 meal	case
50	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 made	obl
51	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 meal	acl
52	with	with	ADP	_	54 blood	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 blood	det
54	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 mixed	obl
55	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 blood	acl
56	from	from	ADP	_	59 family	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 family	det
58	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 family	compound
59	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 drawn	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 broke	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 broke	cc
62	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 broke	nsubj
63	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 took	conj
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 cake	det
65	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 broke	obj
66	in	in	ADP	_	67 bits	case
67	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 broke	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 placed	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 placed	cc
70	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 took	conj
71	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 bit	det
72	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 placed	obl:unmarked
73	in	in	ADP	_	75 mouth	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 mouth	det
75	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 placed	obl
76	of	of	ADP	_	78 sleeper	case
77	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	78 sleeper	det
78	sleeper	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 mouth	nmod
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 restored	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 restored	cc
81	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 restored	nsubj
82	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 restored	aux:pass
83	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	70 placed	conj
84	;	;	PUNCT	_	87 took	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 took	cc
86	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	87 took	nsubj
87	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 took	conj
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 cloth	det
89	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 took	obj
90	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 woven	nsubj
91	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	92 woven	aux
92	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	89 cloth	acl:relcl
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 placed	punct
94	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 placed	cc
95	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 took	conj
96	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	95 placed	obj
97	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	98 in	advmod
98	in	in	ADV	_	95 placed	advmod
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	100 half	cc
100	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	98 in	conj
101	out	out	ADP	_	104 chest	case
102	of	of	ADP	_	104 chest	case
103	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	104 chest	det
104	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 placed	obl
105	with	with	ADP	_	107 padlock	case
106	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	107 padlock	det
107	padlock	padlock	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 chest	nmod
108	;	;	PUNCT	_	113 secured	punct
109	and	and	CCONJ	_	113 secured	cc
110	lastly	lastly	ADV	_	113 secured	advmod
111	,	,	PUNCT	_	113 secured	punct
112	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	113 secured	nsubj
113	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 took	conj
114	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	115 door	det
115	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	113 secured	obj
116	with	with	ADP	_	119 crossbeam	case
117	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	119 crossbeam	det
118	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	119 crossbeam	amod
119	crossbeam	crossbeam	NOUN	Number=Sing	113 secured	obl
120	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	119 crossbeam	acl
121	in	in	ADP	_	123 jambs	case
122	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	123 jambs	det
123	jambs	jamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	120 fastened	obl
124	,	,	PUNCT	_	131 enter	punct
125	so	so	SCONJ	_	131 enter	mark
126	that	that	SCONJ	_	131 enter	mark
127	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	128 witches	det
128	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	131 enter	nsubj
129	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	131 enter	aux
130	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	131 enter	advmod
131	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	113 secured	parataxis
132	,	,	PUNCT	_	135 done	punct
133	and	and	CCONJ	_	135 done	cc
134	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	135 done	aux
135	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	87 took	conj
136	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	137 things	det
137	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	135 done	obj
138	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	139 waited	nsubj
139	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	137 things	acl:relcl
140	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 break	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	break	to-infinitive		enchantments's spells		first, secondly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spell=Patient
2	sprinkle	past	Spirit	the water			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	wash	past · perfect	Spirit	Spirit's child's feet and the feet and water	the water	outside the door on the threshold	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient
4	take	past	Spirit	the cake			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument cake=Theme which=Destination
5	make	past · perfect · passive	Spirit's absence not said here	the witches		of meal	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
6	mix	participle		meal not said here		with the blood	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with blood=Co-Patient
7	draw	participle		the blood not said here		from the sleeping family	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from family=Co-Patient
8	break	past	Witch	the cake	bits		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Patient
9	place	past	Spirit not said here	a bit	the mouth of each sleeper		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in mouth=Destination
10	restore	past · passive		enchantments = enchantment			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
11	take	past	Witch	the cloth			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme
12	weave	past · perfect	enchantments = enchantment	the cloth not said here			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Product
13	place	past	Witch not said here	cloth	the chest with the padlock		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme out chest=Destination
14	secure	past	Witch	the door		with a great crossbeam; lastly property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent door=Patient with crossbeam=Co-Patient
15	fasten	participle		a great crossbeam not said here	the jambs		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
16	not enter	could	the witches				vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
17	do	gerund · perfect	Witch not said here	this things			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
18	wait	past	Witch	this things not said here			tree rules
19	spell		enchantments = enchantment				nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent
20	absent		Spirit				nom absence «state 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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