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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 1, sentence 90

Should there ever come a time when the spiritual is the chief object of man’s reverence, the present adulation of mere intellect will be looked on as we regard the enthusiasm bestowed on martial might in days gone by.

Who acts: spiritual, we, enthusiasm, man · What happens: come, be, look on, regard, bestow, go by · To what, where: chief object, enthusiasm, martial

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 (spiritual, we, enthusiasm, man), 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

auxexpladvmoddetobl:unmarkedadvmoddetnsubjcopdetamodnsubj:passcasenmod:posscasenmodpunctdetamodapposcaseamodnmodauxaux:passadvclcompound:prtmarknsubjadvcldetnsubjaclcaseoblauxcaseoblccompoblpunctrootShouldAUXtherePRONeverADVcomeVERBaDETtimeNOUNwhenADVtheDETspiritualNOUNisAUXtheDETchiefADJobjectNOUNofADPmanNOUN’sPARTreverenceNOUN,PUNCTtheDETpresentADJadulationNOUNofADPmereADJintellectNOUNwillAUXbeAUXlookedVERBonADPasSCONJwePRONregardVERBtheDETenthusiasmNOUNbestowedVERBonADPmartialADJmightAUXinADPdaysNOUNgoneVERBbyADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ShouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 comeaux
2theretherePRONPronType=Dem4 comeexpl
3evereverADVPronType=Ind4 comeadvmod
4comecomeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 timedet
6timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing4 comeobl:unmarked
7whenwhenADVPronType=Int27 lookedadvmod
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 spiritualdet
9spiritualspiritualNOUNNumber=Sing13 objectnsubj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 objectcop
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 objectdet
12chiefchiefADJDegree=Pos13 objectamod
13objectobjectNOUNNumber=Sing27 lookednsubj:pass
14ofofADP_17 reverencecase
15manmanNOUNNumber=Sing17 reverencenmod:poss
16’s'sPART_15 mancase
17reverencereverenceNOUNNumber=Sing13 objectnmod
18,,PUNCT_21 adulationpunct
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 adulationdet
20presentpresentADJDegree=Pos21 adulationamod
21adulationadulationNOUNNumber=Sing13 objectappos
22ofofADP_24 intellectcase
23meremereADJDegree=Pos24 intellectamod
24intellectintellectNOUNNumber=Sing21 adulationnmod
25willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin27 lookedaux
26bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf27 lookedaux:pass
27lookedlookVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 comeadvcl
28ononADP_27 lookedcompound:prt
29asasSCONJ_31 regardmark
30wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs31 regardnsubj
31regardregardVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin27 lookedadvcl
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 enthusiasmdet
33enthusiasmenthusiasmNOUNNumber=Sing40 gonensubj
34bestowedbestowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 enthusiasmacl
35ononADP_36 martialcase
36martialmartialADJDegree=Pos34 bestowedobl
37mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin40 goneaux
38ininADP_39 dayscase
39daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur40 goneobl
40gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part31 regardccomp
41bybyADP_40 goneobl
42..PUNCT_4 comepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comeshouldthereever; timevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2is apresentthe spiritualthe chief objectof man's reverence; the present adulation of mere intellect appostree rules
3look onfuture · passivethe chief objectvn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
4regardpresentwevn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
5bestowparticiplethe enthusiasm not said heremartialtree rules
6go bymightthe enthusiasmdayvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7reverencemannom reverence «feeling transitive»: 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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