The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 103

Six centuries passed; Then in Saint Kiaran’s House at Clonmacnoise That book was found, and on it; ‘Reader, here Are histories old with later fables blent, Fancies full fair with idle Pagan vaunts: Now therefore, since old things have in them worth And teach by what they hold and what they lack Whoso shall read this book, and know to choose ’Twixt Good and Ill, my blessing on him rest!’

Who acts: old things, things, my · What happens: pass, find, be, fable, have, teach · To what, where: Six centuries, House, book, blent, Whoso, Twixt rest

This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old things, things, my), 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	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 centuries	nummod
2	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 passed	nsubj:pass
3	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 old	advcl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 found	punct
5	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 House	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 House	case
7	Saint	Saint	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Kiaran	compound
8	Kiaran	Kiaran	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 House	nmod:poss
9	’s	's	PART	_	8 Kiaran	case
10	House	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	nsubj:pass
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Clonmacnoise	case
12	Clonmacnoise	clonmacnoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 House	nmod
13	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 book	det
14	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 found	aux:pass
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 passed	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 it	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 it	cc
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 found	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 Reader	punct
22	‘	'	PUNCT	_	23 Reader	punct
23	Reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passed	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 here	punct
25	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 passed	advmod
26	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 old	cop
27	histories	history	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 old	obl:unmarked
28	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
29	with	with	SCONJ	_	31 fables	mark
30	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	31 fables	advmod
31	fables	fable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 old	advcl
32	blent	blent	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 fables	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 Fancies	punct
34	Fancies	fancy	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 fables	obj
35	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 fair	amod
36	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 Fancies	amod
37	with	with	ADP	_	40 vaunts	case
38	idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 vaunts	amod
39	Pagan	pagan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 vaunts	amod
40	vaunts	vaunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 fair	obl
41	:	:	PUNCT	_	43 therefore	punct
42	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	43 therefore	advmod
43	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	28 old	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 have	punct
45	since	since	SCONJ	_	48 have	mark
46	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 things	amod
47	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 have	nsubj
48	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 old	parataxis
49	in	in	ADP	_	50 them	case
50	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 have	obl
51	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 have	xcomp
52	And	and	CCONJ	_	53 teach	cc
53	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 have	conj
54	by	by	ADP	_	55 what	case
55	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 teach	obl
56	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 hold	nsubj
57	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 what	acl:relcl
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 what	cc
59	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 what	conj
60	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 lack	nsubj
61	lack	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 what	acl:relcl
62	Whoso	whoso	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 read	obj
63	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 read	aux
64	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 lack	ccomp
65	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	66 book	det
66	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 read	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 know	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 know	cc
69	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 teach	conj
70	to	to	PART	_	71 choose	mark
71	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 know	xcomp
72	’	'	PUNCT	_	73 Twixt	punct
73	Twixt	Twixt	PROPN	Number=Sing	82 rest	compound
74	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 Twixt	amod
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 Ill	cc
76	Ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 Good	conj
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 blessing	punct
78	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	79 blessing	nmod:poss
79	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 Twixt	appos
80	on	on	ADP	_	81 him	case
81	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 blessing	nmod
82	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 choose	obj
83	!	!	PUNCT	_	53 teach	punct
84	’	'	PUNCT	_	28 old	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pass	participle · passive		Six centuries	here	Reader obl	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
2	find	past · passive		Saint Kiaran's House at Clonmacnoise	book		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	is	present				histories obl:unmarked; old property	tree rules
4	fable	present		blent		Fancies obj; late property	tree rules
5	have	present	old things			in Fancies = fancy; worth property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	teach speech: other	infinitive	old things not said here			what obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	hold	present	things = thing				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	lack	present	things = thing				tree rules
9	read	shall	things = thing not said here	Whoso		this book obj	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent whoso=Recipient book=Topic
10	know	infinitive	old things not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
11	choose	to-infinitive	old things not said here	Twixt rest			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme
12	bless		my			on saint	nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent on=obl

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 103