The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 68
Cuchullain has been called the Achilles of early Erin; yet with the swiftness, the fierce impulse, and indomitable might that belonged to the Greek, he blends in perfect harmony qualities that remind us more of Hector.
Who acts: that, Cuchullain, perfect harmony qualities · What happens: call, belong, blend, remind · To what, where: Cuchullain, perfect harmony qualities, more, us · 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 (that, Cuchullain, perfect harmony qualities), 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 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 called | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 called | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 called | aux:pass |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Achilles | det |
| 6 | Achilles | Achilles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Erin | case |
| 8 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Erin | amod |
| 9 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Achilles | nmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 swiftness | punct |
| 11 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 14 swiftness | advmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 swiftness | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 swiftness | det |
| 14 | swiftness | swiftness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 impulse | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 impulse | det |
| 17 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 impulse | amod |
| 18 | impulse | impulse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 swiftness | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 indomitable | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 indomitable | cc |
| 21 | indomitable | indomitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 swiftness | conj |
| 22 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 belonged | aux |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 belonged | nsubj |
| 24 | belonged | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 indomitable | parataxis |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 Greek | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Greek | det |
| 27 | Greek | Greek | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 belonged | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 blends | punct |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 blends | nsubj |
| 30 | blends | blend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 called | parataxis |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 qualities | case |
| 32 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 qualities | amod |
| 33 | harmony | harmony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 qualities | compound |
| 34 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 blends | obl |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 remind | nsubj |
| 36 | remind | remind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 qualities | acl:relcl |
| 37 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 remind | iobj |
| 38 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 36 remind | obj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Hector | case |
| 40 | Hector | hector | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 more | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | present · perfect · passive | Cuchullain | the Achilles of early Erin xcomp; the swiftness and the fierce impulse xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | belong | might | that | to the Greek | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | blend | present | Cuchullain | perfect harmony qualities | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | remind speech: other | present | perfect harmony qualities | more of Hector | us | tree rules |
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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