The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 39
The ‘Foray of Queen Meave,’ the longest of the following poems, is founded on and in substance represents the far-famed ‘Tain bo Cuailgné,’ a tale regarded by many Irish scholars as the great Irish epic of ancient times, by others as a part only of some larger epic of which numerous portions remain, but which unhappily found no Pisistratus to combine them into a whole.
Who acts: tale, numerous portions, Queen · What happens: follow, found on, represent, fame, regard, remain · To what, where: Foray, famed Tain, Pisistratus, portions · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (tale, numerous portions, Queen), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Foray | det |
| 2 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 Foray | punct |
| 3 | Foray | foray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 founded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Foray | nmod |
| 6 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Queen | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 longest | punct |
| 8 | ’ | ' | CCONJ | _ | 10 longest | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 longest | det |
| 10 | longest | long | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 Foray | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 poems | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 poems | det |
| 13 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 poems | amod |
| 14 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 longest | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Foray | punct |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 founded | aux:pass |
| 17 | founded | found | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 founded | compound:prt |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 represents | cc |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 substance | case |
| 21 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 represents | obl |
| 22 | represents | represent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 founded | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Tain | det |
| 24 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 famed | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 far | punct |
| 26 | famed | fame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 Tain | amod |
| 27 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 28 Tain | punct |
| 28 | Tain | Tain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 represents | obj |
| 29 | bo | bo | ADP | _ | 30 Cuailgné | case |
| 30 | Cuailgné | Cuailgné | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Tain | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 regarded | punct |
| 32 | ’ | ' | CCONJ | _ | 35 regarded | cc |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 tale | det |
| 34 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 regarded | nsubj |
| 35 | regarded | regard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 founded | conj |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 scholars | case |
| 37 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 scholars | amod |
| 38 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 scholars | amod |
| 39 | scholars | scholar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 regarded | obl:agent |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 44 epic | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 epic | det |
| 42 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 epic | amod |
| 43 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 epic | amod |
| 44 | epic | epic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 regarded | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 times | case |
| 46 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 times | amod |
| 47 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 epic | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 others | punct |
| 49 | by | by | ADP | _ | 50 others | case |
| 50 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 regarded | obl |
| 51 | as | as | ADP | _ | 53 part | case |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 part | det |
| 53 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 others | nmod |
| 54 | only | only | ADV | _ | 58 epic | advmod |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 epic | case |
| 56 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 58 epic | det |
| 57 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 58 epic | amod |
| 58 | epic | epic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 others | nmod |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 which | case |
| 60 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 remain | obl |
| 61 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 portions | amod |
| 62 | portions | portion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 remain | nsubj |
| 63 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 epic | acl:relcl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 found | punct |
| 65 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 68 found | cc |
| 66 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 68 found | nsubj |
| 67 | unhappily | unhappily | ADV | _ | 68 found | advmod |
| 68 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 founded | conj |
| 69 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 70 Pisistratus | det |
| 70 | Pisistratus | pisistratus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 found | obj |
| 71 | to | to | PART | _ | 72 combine | mark |
| 72 | combine | combine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 found | ccomp |
| 73 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 combine | obj |
| 74 | into | into | ADP | _ | 76 whole | case |
| 75 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 76 whole | det |
| 76 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 combine | obl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 founded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | found on | present · passive | the Foray of Queen | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | represent | present | the famed Tain | bo Cuailgné; in substance | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot tain=Theme in substance=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | fame | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | regard | participle | a tale | as the great Irish epic of ancient times; by others as a part of some larger epic; many Irish scholars obl:agent | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as epic=Value | ||||
| 6 | remain | present | numerous portions | of some larger epic | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | find | past | no Pisistratus | which nsubj; unhappily property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent pisistratus=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 8 | combine | to-infinitive | portions = portion | into a whole | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient into whole=Co-Patient | ||||
| 9 | foray | Queen | nom foray «act intransitive»: of=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: «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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