Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, sentence 5

The king sent a message for Conall, and he said to him--"Oh, Conall! what made your sons go to spring on my sons till my big son was killed by your children? but I see that though I follow you revengefully, I shall not be much better for it, and I will now set a thing before you, and if you will do it, I will not follow you with revenge.

Who acts: king, Conall, sons, children · What happens: send, say, make, go, kill, see · To what, where: message, Conall, sons, thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Conall Yellowclaw. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Conall, sons, children), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 message	det
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Conall	case
7	Conall	Conall	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	obl
14	--	--	PUNCT	_	18 Conall	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 Conall	punct
16	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	18 Conall	discourse
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Oh	punct
18	Conall	Conall	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 made	nsubj
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 Conall	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 made	nsubj
21	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
22	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 sons	nmod:poss
23	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 go	nsubj
24	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 made	ccomp
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 spring	case
26	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 go	obl
27	on	on	ADP	_	29 sons	case
28	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 sons	nmod:poss
29	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 go	obl
30	till	till	ADP	_	33 son	case
31	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 son	nmod:poss
32	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 son	amod
33	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 killed	obl
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 killed	aux:pass
35	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 sons	acl
36	by	by	ADP	_	38 children	case
37	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 children	nmod:poss
38	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 killed	obl
39	?	?	PUNCT	_	35 killed	punct
40	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 see	cc
41	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 see	nsubj
42	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 made	conj
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 better	mark
44	though	though	SCONJ	_	46 follow	mark
45	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 follow	nsubj
46	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 better	advcl
47	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 follow	obj
48	revengefully	revengefully	ADV	_	46 follow	advmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 follow	punct
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 better	nsubj
51	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 better	aux
52	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	55 better	advmod
53	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	55 better	cop
54	much	much	ADV	_	55 better	advmod
55	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	42 see	advcl
56	for	for	ADP	_	57 it	case
57	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 better	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 set	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 set	cc
60	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 set	nsubj
61	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 set	aux
62	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	63 set	advmod
63	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 thing	det
65	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 set	obj
66	before	before	ADP	_	67 you	case
67	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	63 set	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 follow	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 follow	cc
70	if	if	SCONJ	_	73 do	mark
71	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	73 do	nsubj
72	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 do	aux
73	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	79 follow	advcl
74	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 do	obj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 do	punct
76	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	79 follow	nsubj
77	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	79 follow	aux
78	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	79 follow	advmod
79	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
80	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	79 follow	obj
81	with	with	ADP	_	82 revenge	case
82	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 follow	obl
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the king	a message			for Conall	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	say speech: ask	past	king		Conall			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	make in a quote	past	Conall					tree rules
4	go in a quote	present	your sons			spring	on my sons	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on son=Location
5	kill in a quote	past · passive	your children	my sons not said here		till my big son		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	see in a quote	present	king					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	follow in a quote	present	king	Conall			revengefully property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
8	not is in a quote	shall	king				for message; good property	tree rules
9	set in a quote	future	king	a thing		before Conall; now		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme before you=Destination
10	do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	future	Conall	thing				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
11	not follow in a quote	future	king	Conall			with revenge	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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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