The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 43
But when the rising sun made visible The night-mist hovering long o’er banks of reed They cast their broad wings on a gathering swell Of wind that, late from eastern sea-caves freed, Waved all the island’s oakwoods t’ward the West; And seaward swooped at eve, and there found rest.
Who acts: night mist, banks · What happens: rise, make, hover, cast, gather, free · To what, where: rising sun, long o’er banks, broad wings, gathering swell, eastern sea caves, seaward
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 (night mist, banks), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 visible | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 visible | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sun | det |
| 4 | rising | rise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 sun | amod |
| 5 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 visible | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 sun | acl |
| 7 | visible | visible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mist | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mist | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 night | punct |
| 11 | mist | mist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 visible | parataxis |
| 12 | hovering | hover | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 mist | acl |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 banks | amod |
| 14 | o’er | o'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 banks | compound |
| 15 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hovering | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 reed | case |
| 17 | reed | reed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 cast | obl |
| 18 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 cast | nsubj |
| 19 | cast | cast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 banks | acl:relcl |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 wings | nmod:poss |
| 21 | broad | broad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 wings | amod |
| 22 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 cast | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 swell | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 swell | det |
| 25 | gathering | gather | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 swell | amod |
| 26 | swell | swell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 cast | obl |
| 27 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 28 wind | case |
| 28 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 swell | nmod |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 caves | nsubj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 caves | punct |
| 31 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 caves | advmod |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 caves | case |
| 33 | eastern | eastern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 caves | amod |
| 34 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 caves | compound |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 sea | punct |
| 36 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 swell | conj |
| 37 | freed | free | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 caves | acl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 Waved | punct |
| 39 | Waved | wave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 freed | conj |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 44 oakwoods | det:predet |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 island | det |
| 42 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 oakwoods | nmod:poss |
| 43 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 42 island | case |
| 44 | oakwoods | oakwood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 freed | advcl |
| 45 | t’ward | t'ward | ADP | _ | 47 West | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 West | det |
| 47 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 oakwoods | nmod |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 seaward | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 seaward | cc |
| 50 | seaward | seaward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 visible | parataxis |
| 51 | swooped | swoop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 seaward | acl |
| 52 | at | at | ADP | _ | 53 eve | case |
| 53 | eve | eve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 swooped | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 found | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 found | cc |
| 56 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 57 found | expl |
| 57 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 visible | parataxis |
| 58 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 found | obj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 visible | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | participle | the rising sun not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 3 | hover | gerund | the night mist not said here | long o’er banks | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bank=Theme | ||||
| 4 | cast | past | banks = bank | banks's broad wings | a gathering swell of wind and eastern sea caves that | of reed | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent wing=Theme on swell=Destination | ||
| 5 | gather | gerund | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | free | participle | eastern sea caves that not said here | the island's oakwoods t'ward the West advcl | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||
| 7 | wave | participle | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | swoop | participle | seaward not said here | eve | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | find | participle | rest | there | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Topic |
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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