The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 79
Cuchullain again held them at bay till the return of the Ulster army: but it returned only in time to avenge his death, still in the prime of youth, and to complete his work.
Who acts: Cuchullain, force, Ulster army · What happens: hold, return, avenge, complete, die, work · To what, where: kingdoms, bay, death, prime, work
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, force, Ulster army), 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 | 3 held | nsubj |
| 2 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 held | advmod |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 held | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 bay | case |
| 6 | bay | bay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obl |
| 7 | till | till | ADP | _ | 9 return | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 return | det |
| 9 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 army | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 army | det |
| 12 | Ulster | Ulster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 army | compound |
| 13 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 return | nmod |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 returned | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 returned | cc |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 returned | nsubj |
| 17 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 held | conj |
| 18 | only | only | ADV | _ | 20 time | advmod |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 time | case |
| 20 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 returned | obl |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 avenge | mark |
| 22 | avenge | avenge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 time | acl |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 death | nmod:poss |
| 24 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 avenge | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 prime | punct |
| 26 | still | still | ADV | _ | 29 prime | advmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 prime | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 prime | det |
| 29 | prime | prime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 avenge | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 youth | case |
| 31 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 prime | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 complete | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 complete | cc |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 complete | mark |
| 35 | complete | complete | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 returned | advcl |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 work | nmod:poss |
| 37 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 complete | obj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 held | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | Cuchullain | kingdoms = kingdom | bay | till the return of the Ulster army; again | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme at bay=Location | ||
| 2 | return | past | force | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | avenge | to-infinitive | force not said here | Cuchullain's death | the prime of youth | tree rules | |||
| 4 | complete | to-infinitive | force not said here | Cuchullain's work | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | return | the Ulster army | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | die | Cuchullain | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | work | Cuchullain | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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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