The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 27
Thus wrapt, thus kindled, in sublimer mood Heaven-high they soared, and flung abroad their strain O’er-sailing huge Croagh-Patrick swathed in wood, Or Acaill,[23] warder of the western main, Or Arran Isle, that time heroic haunt, Since Enda’s day Religion’s saintlier vaunt.
Who acts: sports, huge Croagh Patrick, that, day Religion · What happens: kindle, soar, fling, sail, swathe, haunt · To what, where: wrapt, strain
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 (sports, huge Croagh Patrick, that, day Religion), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 2 wrapt | advmod |
| 2 | wrapt | wrapt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kindled | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wrapt | punct |
| 4 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 5 kindled | advmod |
| 5 | kindled | kindle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 soared | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 mood | case |
| 8 | sublimer | sublimer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mood | compound |
| 9 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 soared | obl |
| 10 | Heaven | Heaven | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 mood | appos |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 high | punct |
| 12 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Heaven | amod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 soared | nsubj |
| 14 | soared | soar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 kindled | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 flung | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 flung | cc |
| 17 | flung | fling | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 kindled | conj |
| 18 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 17 flung | advmod |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 strain | nmod:poss |
| 20 | strain | strain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 flung | obj |
| 21 | O’er | O'er | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 strain | appos |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 O’er | punct |
| 23 | sailing | sail | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 flung | advcl |
| 24 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 Patrick | amod |
| 25 | Croagh | Croagh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Patrick | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 Croagh | punct |
| 27 | Patrick | Patrick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 swathed | nsubj |
| 28 | swathed | swathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 sailing | ccomp |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 wood | case |
| 30 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 swathed | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 warder | punct |
| 32 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 warder | cc |
| 33 | Acaill | Acaill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 warder | compound |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 23 | punct |
| 35 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 36 23 | punct |
| 36 | 23 | 23 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 33 Acaill | appos |
| 37 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 36 23 | punct |
| 38 | warder | warder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kindled | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 main | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 main | det |
| 41 | western | western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 main | amod |
| 42 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 warder | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 vaunt | punct |
| 44 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 60 vaunt | cc |
| 45 | Arran | Arran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Isle | compound |
| 46 | Isle | Isle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 vaunt | nsubj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 haunt | punct |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 haunt | nsubj |
| 49 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 haunt | compound |
| 50 | heroic | heroic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 haunt | amod |
| 51 | haunt | haunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 Isle | appos |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 vaunt | punct |
| 53 | Since | since | ADP | _ | 60 vaunt | case |
| 54 | Enda | Enda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 day | nmod:poss |
| 55 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 54 Enda | case |
| 56 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 Religion | compound |
| 57 | Religion | Religion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 vaunt | nmod:poss |
| 58 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 57 Religion | case |
| 59 | saintlier | saintly | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 60 vaunt | amod |
| 60 | vaunt | vaunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 main | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 kindled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kindle | past | wrapt | Acaill warder of the western main since day Religion's saintlier vaunt Arran Isle obl; thus property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | soar | past | sports = sport | in sublimer mood | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in mood=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | fling | past | sports's strain | abroad property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strain=Theme | ||||
| 4 | sail | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | swathe | past | huge Croagh Patrick | in wood | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wood=Theme | ||||
| 6 | haunt | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | strain | sports = sport | nom strain «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | vaunt | day Religion | nom vaunt «communication 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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