The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 109
Such characteristics may last for centuries, but the end is ever the same--exertions that amaze, and abortive results.
Who acts: Such characteristics, end, exertions · What happens: last, be, amaze
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Such characteristics, end, exertions), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 characteristics | amod |
| 2 | characteristics | characteristic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 last | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 last | aux |
| 4 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 centuries | case |
| 6 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 last | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 same | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 same | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 same | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 same | cop |
| 12 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 same | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 same | det |
| 14 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 last | conj |
| 15 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 16 exertions | punct |
| 16 | exertions | exertion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 same | obl |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 amaze | nsubj |
| 18 | amaze | amaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 exertions | acl:relcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 results | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 results | cc |
| 21 | abortive | abortive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 results | amod |
| 22 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 exertions | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 last | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | may | Such characteristics | century | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the end | ever | exertions and abortive results obl; same property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | amaze | present | exertions and abortive results | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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: «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (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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