The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 28
And many a time they floated farther south Where milder airs endear sea-margins bleak, To that dim Head far seen o’er Shenan’s mouth, Or Smerwick’s ill-famed cliff and winding creek, Or where on Brandon sleeps Milesius’ son With all his shipwrecked warriors round him--Donn.
Who acts: sports, milder airs · What happens: float, endear, see, fame, wind, sleep · To what, where: ill famed cliff, margins bleak, creek, son, Brandon
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, milder airs), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 floated | cc |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 floated | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 floated | nsubj |
| 6 | floated | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | farther | far | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 south | advmod |
| 8 | south | south | ADV | _ | 6 floated | advmod |
| 9 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 endear | advmod |
| 10 | milder | mild | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 airs | amod |
| 11 | airs | air | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 endear | nsubj |
| 12 | endear | endear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 floated | advcl |
| 13 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 margins | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 sea | punct |
| 15 | margins | margin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 bleak | compound |
| 16 | bleak | bleak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 endear | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 seen | punct |
| 18 | To | to | ADP | _ | 21 Head | case |
| 19 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 Head | det |
| 20 | dim | dim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 Head | amod |
| 21 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 seen | obl |
| 22 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 23 seen | advmod |
| 23 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 floated | conj |
| 24 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 27 mouth | case |
| 25 | Shenan | Shenan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 25 Shenan | case |
| 27 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 seen | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 cliff | punct |
| 29 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 cliff | cc |
| 30 | Smerwick | Smerwick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 cliff | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 30 Smerwick | case |
| 32 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 cliff | amod |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 ill | punct |
| 34 | famed | fame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 cliff | amod |
| 35 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 floated | obl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 winding | cc |
| 37 | winding | wind | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 cliff | conj |
| 38 | creek | creek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 winding | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 sleeps | punct |
| 40 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 44 sleeps | cc |
| 41 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 44 sleeps | advmod |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 Brandon | case |
| 43 | Brandon | Brandon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 sleeps | obl |
| 44 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 floated | conj |
| 45 | Milesius | Milesius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 son | nmod:poss |
| 46 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 45 Milesius | case |
| 47 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sleeps | obj |
| 48 | With | with | ADP | _ | 52 warriors | case |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 52 warriors | det:predet |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 warriors | nmod:poss |
| 51 | shipwrecked | shipwreck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 warriors | amod |
| 52 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 sleeps | obl |
| 53 | round | round | ADP | _ | 54 him | case |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 warriors | nmod |
| 55 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 56 Donn | punct |
| 56 | Donn | Donn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 warriors | nmod |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 floated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | past | sports = sport | Smerwick's ill famed cliff | time | south property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 2 | endear | present | milder airs | margins bleak | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | participle | sports = sport not said here | to that dim Head; o'er Shenan's mouth; far property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | fame | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | wind | gerund | sports = sport not said here | creek | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent creek=Theme | ||||
| 6 | sleep | present | sports = sport not said here | Milesius's son | Brandon | with Milesius's shipwrecked warriors round Milesius Donn | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | ||
| 7 | shipwreck | participle | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: 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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