The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 43
[2] Elsewhere that great authority states that a large portion of this work is preserved in a copy ‘written at the same Clonmacnoise by a famous scribe named Maelmire, who was killed there in 1106.’
Who acts: great authority states · What happens: preserve, write, name, kill · To what, where: large portion, copy, same Clonmacnoise, famous scribe, Maelmire, 1106
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 (great authority states), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 2 | punct |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 states | discourse |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 2 | punct |
| 4 | Elsewhere | elsewhere | ADV | _ | 8 states | advmod |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 states | nsubj |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 states | amod |
| 7 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 states | compound |
| 8 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 preserved | mark |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 portion | det |
| 11 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 portion | amod |
| 12 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 preserved | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 work | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 work | det |
| 15 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 portion | nmod |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 preserved | aux:pass |
| 17 | preserved | preserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 states | acl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 copy | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 copy | det |
| 20 | copy | copy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 preserved | obl |
| 21 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 written | punct |
| 22 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 copy | acl |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 26 Clonmacnoise | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Clonmacnoise | det |
| 25 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 Clonmacnoise | amod |
| 26 | Clonmacnoise | clonmacnoise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 written | obl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 scribe | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 scribe | det |
| 29 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 scribe | amod |
| 30 | scribe | scribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Clonmacnoise | nmod |
| 31 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 scribe | acl |
| 32 | Maelmire | Maelmire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 named | xcomp |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 killed | punct |
| 34 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 killed | aux:pass |
| 36 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 Maelmire | acl |
| 37 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 killed | advmod |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 1106 | case |
| 39 | 1106 | 1106 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 36 killed | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 states | punct |
| 41 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 states | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preserve | present · passive | great authority states that not said here | a large portion of this work | a copy | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | write | participle | a copy not said here | the same Clonmacnoise by a famous scribe | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | name | participle | a famous scribe not said here | Maelmire xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | kill | past · passive | Maelmire | 1106; there | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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