The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 117

Thus we read that Cuchullain, when going forth to his last battle, heard a choir of angels singing above that hill on which the cathedral of Armagh was destined one day to stand; that he was pleased by the anthem, and that his pleasure in it was accepted as a homage of good-will.

Who acts: we, angels, Armagh, Cuchullain · What happens: read, go, hear, sing, destine, stand · To what, where: Cuchullain, last battle, choir, hill, cathedral, pleasure

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 (we, angels, Armagh, Cuchullain), 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	Thus	thus	ADV	_	3 read	advmod
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 read	nsubj
3	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 Cuchullain	mark
5	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 read	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 going	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 going	advmod
8	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 read	conj
9	forth	forth	ADV	_	8 going	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 battle	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 battle	nmod:poss
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 battle	amod
13	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 going	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 heard	punct
15	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 read	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 choir	det
17	choir	choir	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heard	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 angels	case
19	angels	angel	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 choir	nmod
20	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 angels	acl
21	above	above	ADP	_	23 hill	case
22	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 hill	det
23	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 singing	obl
24	on	on	ADP	_	25 which	case
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 destined	obl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 cathedral	det
27	cathedral	cathedral	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 destined	nsubj:pass
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 Armagh	case
29	Armagh	Armagh	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 cathedral	nmod
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 destined	aux:pass
31	destined	destine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 hill	acl:relcl
32	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 day	nummod
33	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 destined	obl:unmarked
34	to	to	PART	_	35 stand	mark
35	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 day	acl
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 pleased	punct
37	that	that	SCONJ	_	40 pleased	mark
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 pleased	nsubj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 pleased	cop
40	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 heard	conj
41	by	by	ADP	_	43 anthem	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 anthem	det
43	anthem	anthem	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 pleased	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 accepted	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 accepted	cc
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	52 accepted	mark
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 pleasure	nmod:poss
48	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 accepted	nsubj:pass
49	in	in	ADP	_	50 it	case
50	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 pleasure	nmod
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 accepted	aux:pass
52	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 heard	parataxis
53	as	as	ADP	_	55 homage	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 homage	det
55	homage	homage	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 accepted	obl
56	of	of	SCONJ	_	59 will	mark
57	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 will	amod
58	-	-	PUNCT	_	57 good	punct
59	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 homage	acl:relcl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 read	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	we	Cuchullain			thus property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	gerund	we not said here		Cuchullain's last battle		forth property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to battle=Initial_Location
3	hear	past	we not said here	a choir of angels				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer choir=Stimulus
4	sing speech: express	gerund	angels not said here		that hill			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above hill=Location
5	destine	past · passive		the cathedral of Armagh	that hill	day		tree rules
6	stand	to-infinitive						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	past	Armagh				by the anthem; pleased property	tree rules
8	accept	past · passive		Armagh's pleasure in cathedral			as a homage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as homage=Attribute
9	battle		Cuchullain					nom battle «act transitive»: poss=agent
10	please		Armagh		cathedral			nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 117