The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 56
An attempt to introduce to modern readers a work so ancient, and connected with allusions so unfamiliar, seems to call for some remarks on the character of that work, and on the age which produced it.
Who acts: attempt · What happens: introduce, connect, seem, call, produce · To what, where: work, attempt, character, age · 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 (attempt), 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 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 attempt | det |
| 2 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 seems | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 introduce | mark |
| 4 | introduce | introduce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 attempt | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 readers | case |
| 6 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 readers | amod |
| 7 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 introduce | obl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 work | det |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 introduce | obj |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 ancient | advmod |
| 11 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 introduce | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 connected | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 connected | cc |
| 14 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 attempt | acl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 allusions | case |
| 16 | allusions | allusion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 connected | obl |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 unfamiliar | advmod |
| 18 | unfamiliar | unfamiliar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 connected | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 attempt | punct |
| 20 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 call | mark |
| 22 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 seems | xcomp |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 remarks | case |
| 24 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 remarks | det |
| 25 | remarks | remark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 call | obl |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 character | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 character | det |
| 28 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 call | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 work | case |
| 30 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 work | det |
| 31 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 character | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 produced | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 produced | cc |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 age | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 age | det |
| 36 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 produced | obl |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 produced | nsubj |
| 38 | produced | produce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 seems | conj |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 produced | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 seems | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduce | to-infinitive | a attempt not said here | a work | to modern readers | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent work=Patient to reader=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | connect | participle | a attempt not said here | with allusions; unfamiliar property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with allusion=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | seem | present | a attempt | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | call | to-infinitive | a attempt not said here | the character of that work | for some remarks | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for remark=Recipient | |||
| 5 | produce | past | attempt | on the age | which nsubj | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |
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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