The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 69
Like him, he is the defender of the city, more inspired by patriotic zeal than even by his love of glory: like him, he is generous, modest, forbearing to the weak.
Who acts: Cuchullain · What happens: be, inspire, forbear, love · To what, where: defender, glory
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 (Cuchullain), 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 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 2 him | case |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 defender | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 him | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 defender | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 defender | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 defender | det |
| 7 | defender | defender | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 city | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 city | det |
| 10 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 defender | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 inspired | punct |
| 12 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 inspired | advmod |
| 13 | inspired | inspire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 defender | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 zeal | case |
| 15 | patriotic | patriotic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 zeal | amod |
| 16 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 inspired | obl |
| 17 | than | than | ADP | _ | 21 love | case |
| 18 | even | even | ADV | _ | 21 love | advmod |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 love | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 love | nmod:poss |
| 21 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 inspired | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 glory | case |
| 23 | glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 love | nmod |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 him | punct |
| 25 | like | like | ADP | _ | 26 him | case |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 love | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 him | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 generous | nsubj |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 generous | cop |
| 30 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 inspired | parataxis |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 modest | punct |
| 32 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 generous | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 forbearing | punct |
| 34 | forbearing | forbear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 generous | advcl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 weak | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 weak | det |
| 37 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 forbearing | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 defender | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Cuchullain | the defender | like Cuchullain; of the city | tree rules | |||
| 2 | inspire | participle | the defender not said here | by patriotic zeal; than Cuchullain's love of glory like Cuchullain | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | present | Cuchullain | generous property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | Cuchullain not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | forbear | gerund | Cuchullain not said here | to the weak | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | love | Cuchullain | glory | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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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