The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 46
In its blissful prime That island was, men say, as Eden fair, The swan-soft nurseling of a changeful clime, With amaranth-lighted glades, and tremulous sheen Of trees full-flowered on earth no longer seen.
Who acts: men · What happens: be, light, flower, see · To what, where: island, tremulous sheen, earth, blissful prime
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 (men), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 prime | case |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 prime | nmod:poss |
| 3 | blissful | blissful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 prime | amod |
| 4 | prime | prime | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 island | det |
| 6 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prime | appos |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 say | cop |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 say | punct |
| 9 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 say | nsubj |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 island | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fair | punct |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 fair | case |
| 13 | Eden | eden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fair | amod |
| 14 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 say | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 nurseling | punct |
| 16 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 nurseling | det |
| 17 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 nurseling | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 swan | punct |
| 19 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 nurseling | amod |
| 20 | nurseling | nurseling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fair | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 clime | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 clime | det |
| 23 | changeful | changeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 clime | amod |
| 24 | clime | clime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 nurseling | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 glades | punct |
| 26 | With | with | ADP | _ | 30 glades | case |
| 27 | amaranth | amaranth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lighted | compound |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 amaranth | punct |
| 29 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 glades | amod |
| 30 | glades | glade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 fair | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 sheen | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 sheen | cc |
| 33 | tremulous | tremulous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 sheen | amod |
| 34 | sheen | sheen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fair | conj |
| 35 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 36 trees | case |
| 36 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 sheen | nmod |
| 37 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 sheen | amod |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 full | punct |
| 39 | flowered | flower | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 sheen | acl |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 earth | case |
| 41 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 flowered | obl |
| 42 | no | no | ADV | _ | 43 longer | advmod |
| 43 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 44 seen | advmod |
| 44 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 earth | acl:relcl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 prime | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | men | that island not said here | Eden fair and lighted glades and tremulous sheen of trees ccomp; say property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | light | participle | amaranth compound | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | flower | participle | tremulous sheen of trees not said here | earth | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | ||||
| 4 | see | participle | earth not said here | long property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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