The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 69

‘Upon my left, Fiacre; upon my right Let Aodh sleep; for such their place of rest, Secured to each by usage and by right: And lay my little Conn upon my breast: Then on a low sand pillow raise my head, That I may see his face though I be dead.’

Who acts: That, I · What happens: let, secure, lie, raise, see, be · To what, where: Aodh sleep, place, little Conn, head, low sand pillow, face

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 (That, I), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
2	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 left	case
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 left	nmod:poss
4	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Fiacre	punct
6	Fiacre	Fiacre	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 left	appos
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 Let	punct
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 right	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 right	nmod:poss
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Let	obl
11	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 left	parataxis
12	Aodh	Aodh	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sleep	compound
13	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Let	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 place	punct
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 place	case
16	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	18 place	det:predet
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 place	nmod:poss
18	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Let	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 rest	case
20	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 place	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Secured	punct
22	Secured	secure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 place	acl
23	to	to	ADP	_	24 each	case
24	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	22 Secured	obl
25	by	by	ADP	_	26 usage	case
26	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 Secured	obl
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 right	cc
28	by	by	ADP	_	29 right	case
29	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 usage	conj
30	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 lay	punct
31	And	and	CCONJ	_	32 lay	cc
32	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 Let	conj
33	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 Conn	nmod:poss
34	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 Conn	amod
35	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 lay	obj
36	upon	upon	ADP	_	38 breast	case
37	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 breast	nmod:poss
38	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 lay	obl
39	:	:	PUNCT	_	46 raise	punct
40	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	46 raise	advmod
41	on	on	ADP	_	45 pillow	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 pillow	det
43	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 pillow	amod
44	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pillow	compound
45	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 raise	obl
46	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 Let	conj
47	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 head	nmod:poss
48	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 raise	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 see	punct
50	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 see	nsubj
51	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 see	nsubj
52	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 see	aux
53	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 raise	conj
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 face	nmod:poss
55	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 see	obj
56	though	though	SCONJ	_	59 dead	mark
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 dead	nsubj
58	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	59 dead	cop
59	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 see	advcl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
61	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive		Aodh sleep			upon my right; for lands's place of rest	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme for place=Asset
2	secure	participle		lands's place of rest not said here			to each; by usage	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Patient
3	lie	past		my little Conn			upon my breast	tree rules
4	raise	infinitive		my head	a low sand pillow	then		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme on pillow=Destination
5	see	may	That	Conn's face			I nsubj	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
6	is	infinitive	I				dead property	tree rules

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 69