The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 80
It has been remarked that in the characters of Homer--so absolutely true are they to nature--the qualities which bear the same name are yet essentially different qualities; as, for example, courage as illustrated in Achilles and Ajax, in Diomed and in Hector.
Who acts: kingdoms, qualities · What happens: remark, be, bear, illustrate · To what, where: force, true nature, same name, different qualities, characters, courage
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 (kingdoms, 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 remarked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 remarked | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 remarked | aux:pass |
| 4 | remarked | remark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 qualities | mark |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 characters | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 characters | det |
| 8 | characters | character | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 qualities | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Homer | case |
| 10 | Homer | Homer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 characters | nmod |
| 11 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 14 true | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 true | advmod |
| 13 | absolutely | absolutely | ADV | _ | 14 true | advmod |
| 14 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 nature | amod |
| 15 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 nature | cop |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 nature | nsubj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 nature | mark |
| 18 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characters | nmod |
| 19 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 21 qualities | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 qualities | det |
| 21 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 nature | appos |
| 22 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 bear | nsubj |
| 23 | bear | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 qualities | acl:relcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 name | det |
| 25 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 name | amod |
| 26 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 bear | obj |
| 27 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 qualities | cop |
| 28 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 31 qualities | advmod |
| 29 | essentially | essentially | ADV | _ | 30 different | advmod |
| 30 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 qualities | amod |
| 31 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 remarked | advcl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 as | punct |
| 33 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 remarked | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 example | punct |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 example | case |
| 36 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remarked | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 courage | punct |
| 38 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 example | appos |
| 39 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 40 illustrated | mark |
| 40 | illustrated | illustrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 courage | acl |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 Achilles | case |
| 42 | Achilles | Achilles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 illustrated | obl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 Ajax | cc |
| 44 | Ajax | Ajax | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Achilles | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Diomed | punct |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 Diomed | case |
| 47 | Diomed | Diomed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 illustrated | obl |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 Hector | cc |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 Hector | case |
| 50 | Hector | hector | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Diomed | conj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 remarked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remark speech: assert | present · perfect · passive | force | for example | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | kingdoms = kingdom | true nature | the qualities appos | tree rules | |||
| 3 | bear | present | the qualities | the same name | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | different qualities | the characters of Homer | yet | tree rules | |||
| 5 | illustrate | participle | courage not said here | Achilles and Ajax | in Diomed and Hector | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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