The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 3
And there for many a winter they abode, Harbouring in precincts of the setting sun; And mourned by day, yet sang at night their ode As though in praise of some great victory won: Some conqueror more than man; some heavenly crown Slowly o’er all creation settling down.
Who acts: streaks, praise, creation · What happens: abide, harbour, mourn, sing, win, settle down · To what, where: precincts, ode, more, great victory
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 (streaks, praise, creation), 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 | _ | 8 abode | cc |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 abode | expl |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 winter | case |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 winter | amod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 winter | det |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 abode | obl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 abode | nsubj |
| 8 | abode | abide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Harbouring | punct |
| 10 | Harbouring | harbour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 abode | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 precincts | case |
| 12 | precincts | precinct | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 Harbouring | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 sun | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sun | det |
| 15 | setting | setting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sun | compound |
| 16 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 precincts | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 mourned | punct |
| 18 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 mourned | cc |
| 19 | mourned | mourn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 abode | conj |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 day | case |
| 21 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 mourned | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sang | punct |
| 23 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 24 sang | cc |
| 24 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 abode | conj |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 26 night | case |
| 26 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sang | obl |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 ode | nmod:poss |
| 28 | ode | ode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sang | obj |
| 29 | As | as | ADV | _ | 37 won | advmod |
| 30 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 37 won | mark |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 praise | case |
| 32 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 won | nsubj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 victory | case |
| 34 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 36 victory | det |
| 35 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 victory | amod |
| 36 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 praise | nmod |
| 37 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 sang | advcl |
| 38 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 41 more | punct |
| 39 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 conqueror | det |
| 40 | conqueror | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 more | nsubj |
| 41 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 37 won | obj |
| 42 | than | than | ADP | _ | 43 man | case |
| 43 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 more | obl |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 crown | punct |
| 45 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 47 crown | det |
| 46 | heavenly | heavenly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 crown | amod |
| 47 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 abode | parataxis |
| 48 | Slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 8 abode | advmod |
| 49 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 51 creation | case |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 51 creation | det |
| 51 | creation | creation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 abode | obl |
| 52 | settling | settle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 51 creation | acl |
| 53 | down | down | ADV | _ | 52 settling | advmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 abode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abide | past | streaks = streak | there | winter | o'er all creation; some heavenly crown parataxis; slowly property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | harbour | gerund | streaks = streak not said here | precincts of the setting sun | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mourn | participle | streaks = streak not said here | day | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | sing speech: express | past | streaks = streak not said here | streaks's ode | night | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ode=Theme | |||
| 5 | win | past | praise of some great victory | more some conqueror than man | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | settle down | gerund | all creation not said here | down property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | praise | some great victory | nom praise «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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