Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, sentence 91
On this they gathered about the tree, and they dug about the root, and the first branching root that they cut, she gave a shiver to fall, and I myself gave a shout, and it was not to be wondered at.
Who acts: places, first branching root, I · What happens: gather, dig, cut, give, fall, not wonder · To what, where: this, shiver, shout, tree
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 (places, first branching root, I), 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 | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 gathered | obl |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gathered | nsubj |
| 4 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 tree | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gathered | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 dug | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 dug | cc |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 dug | nsubj |
| 11 | dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gathered | conj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 root | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 root | det |
| 14 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dug | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 gave | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 gave | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 root | det |
| 18 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 20 root | amod |
| 19 | branching | branching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 root | compound |
| 20 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 gave | nsubj |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 cut | mark |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 cut | nsubj |
| 23 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 gave | advcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 cut | punct |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 gave | nsubj |
| 26 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 dug | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 shiver | det |
| 28 | shiver | shiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 gave | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 fall | mark |
| 30 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 gave | advcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 gave | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 gave | cc |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 gave | nsubj |
| 34 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 35 gave | nsubj |
| 35 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gathered | parataxis |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 shout | det |
| 37 | shout | shout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 gave | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 wondered | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 wondered | cc |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 wondered | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 wondered | aux:pass |
| 42 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 wondered | advmod |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 wondered | mark |
| 44 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 wondered | aux:pass |
| 45 | wondered | wonder | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 gave | conj |
| 46 | at | at | ADP | _ | 45 wondered | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gathered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gather | past | places = place | this | about the tree | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | dig | past | places = place | about the root | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about root=Location | ||||
| 3 | cut | present | places = place | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | give | past | the first branching root | a shiver | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shiver=Theme | ||||
| 5 | fall | to-infinitive | the first branching root not said here | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | give | past | I | a shout | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shout=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not wonder speech: ask | past · passive | tree | 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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