The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 42
It was lost for several centuries, but recovered in the sixth, when, according to the legend recorded by Professor O’Curry, St. Kiaran wrote down the tale “in a book which he had made from the hide of his pet cow--a book called the Leabhar na h-Uidré.”’
Who acts: legend · What happens: lose, recover, accord, record, write down, make · To what, where: opinion, sixth, legend, tale, book, hide · 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 (legend), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux:pass |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 centuries | case |
| 5 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 centuries | amod |
| 6 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lost | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 recovered | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 recovered | cc |
| 9 | recovered | recover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | parataxis |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 sixth | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sixth | det |
| 12 | sixth | sixth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 recovered | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 wrote | punct |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 27 wrote | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 legend | punct |
| 16 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 legend | case |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 according | fixed |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 legend | det |
| 19 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 wrote | nsubj |
| 20 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 legend | acl |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 Professor | case |
| 22 | Professor | Professor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 recorded | obl |
| 23 | O’Curry | O'Curry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Professor | flat |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Kiaran | punct |
| 25 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Kiaran | nmod:desc |
| 26 | Kiaran | Kiaran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Professor | conj |
| 27 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 recovered | conj |
| 28 | down | down | ADP | _ | 30 tale | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 tale | det |
| 30 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 wrote | obl |
| 31 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 book | punct |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 book | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 book | det |
| 34 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 wrote | obl |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 made | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 made | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 made | aux |
| 38 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 book | acl:relcl |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 hide | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 hide | det |
| 41 | hide | hide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 made | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 cow | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 cow | nmod:poss |
| 44 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 cow | compound |
| 45 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 hide | nmod |
| 46 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 48 book | punct |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 book | det |
| 48 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 book | parataxis |
| 49 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 book | acl |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 Uidré | det |
| 51 | Leabhar | Leabhar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Uidré | compound |
| 52 | na | na | PUNCT | _ | 51 Leabhar | punct |
| 53 | h | H | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 Uidré | compound |
| 54 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 Uidré | punct |
| 55 | Uidré | Uidré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 called | xcomp |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 book | punct |
| 57 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 book | punct |
| 58 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · passive | opinion | century | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | recover | past | the sixth | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | record | participle | the legend not said here | by Professor and Kiaran St. | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | write down | past | the legend | the tale | a book a book | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tale=Theme in book=Destination | |||
| 6 | make in a quote | past · perfect · passive | a book a book | the hide of tale's pet cow | tale nsubj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from hide=Material | |||
| 7 | call in a quote | participle | a book not said here | the Leabhar h Uidré xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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