The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 47
Not then the waves with that still site contended; On its warm sandhills pansies always bloomed; And ever with the inspiring sea-wind blended The breath of gardens violet-perfumed; And daisies whitened lawn and dell, and spread At sunset o’er green hills their under-red,
Who acts: waves, pansies, daisies · What happens: contend, bloom, blend, perfume, whiten, spread · To what, where: warm sandhills, breath, gardens, lawn, o’er green hills
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 (waves, pansies, daisies), 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 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 then | advmod |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 contended | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 waves | det |
| 4 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 contended | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 site | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 site | det |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 site | advmod |
| 8 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waves | nmod |
| 9 | contended | contend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 bloomed | punct |
| 11 | On | on | ADP | _ | 14 sandhills | case |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 sandhills | nmod:poss |
| 13 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sandhills | amod |
| 14 | sandhills | sandhill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 bloomed | obl |
| 15 | pansies | pansy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 bloomed | nsubj |
| 16 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 17 bloomed | advmod |
| 17 | bloomed | bloom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 contended | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 blended | punct |
| 19 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 blended | cc |
| 20 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 27 blended | advmod |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 wind | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 wind | det |
| 23 | inspiring | inspiring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 wind | amod |
| 24 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wind | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 sea | punct |
| 26 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 blended | obl |
| 27 | blended | blend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 contended | conj |
| 28 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 breath | det |
| 29 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 blended | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 gardens | case |
| 31 | gardens | garden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 breath | nmod |
| 32 | violet | violet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 perfumed | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 violet | punct |
| 34 | perfumed | perfume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 gardens | acl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 whitened | punct |
| 36 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 daisies | cc |
| 37 | daisies | daisy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 whitened | nsubj |
| 38 | whitened | whiten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 contended | parataxis |
| 39 | lawn | lawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 whitened | obj |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 dell | cc |
| 41 | dell | dell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lawn | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 spread | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 spread | cc |
| 44 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 whitened | conj |
| 45 | At | at | ADP | _ | 46 sunset | case |
| 46 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 spread | obl |
| 47 | o’er | o' | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 49 hills | amod |
| 48 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 hills | amod |
| 49 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 spread | obj |
| 50 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 spread | conj |
| 51 | under | under | ADP | _ | 53 red | case |
| 52 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 under | punct |
| 53 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 their | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 contended | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contend | participle | the waves with that site | then | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bloom | participle | pansies | wave's warm sandhills | always property | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sandhill=Location | |||
| 3 | blend | past | the waves with that site not said here | the breath of gardens | ever | with the inspiring sea wind | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent breath=Patient with wind=Co-Patient | ||
| 4 | perfume | participle | gardens not said here | violet compound | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | whiten | past | daisies | lawn and dell | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient | ||||
| 6 | spread | past | daisies not said here | o’er green hills | sunset | daisies = daisy conj | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hill=Theme |
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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