The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 7

Day after day they told that youth their tale: Wide-eyed he stood, and inly drank their words; And later, harping still in wood and vale, He fitted oft their sorrow to his chords; And thus to him in part men owe the lore[22] Of all those patient sufferers bare of yore.

Who acts: Day, love, part men, lore, creatures · What happens: tell, stand, drink, harp, fit, owe · To what, where: youth, words, wood, oft sorrow, chords · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Day, love, part men, lore), 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	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
2	after	after	ADP	_	3 day	case
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Day	nmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 youth	mark
7	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	iobj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tale	nmod:poss
9	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 youth	obj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 eyed	punct
11	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eyed	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Wide	punct
13	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 told	parataxis
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 stood	nsubj
15	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 eyed	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 drank	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 drank	cc
18	inly	inly	ADV	_	19 drank	advmod
19	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 stood	conj
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 words	nmod:poss
21	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 drank	obj
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 later	punct
23	And	and	CCONJ	_	24 later	cc
24	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 told	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 harping	punct
26	harping	harp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 told	advcl
27	still	still	ADV	_	26 harping	advmod
28	in	in	ADP	_	29 wood	case
29	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 harping	obl
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 vale	cc
31	vale	vale	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 wood	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 fitted	punct
33	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 fitted	nsubj
34	fitted	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 told	parataxis
35	oft	oft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 sorrow	amod
36	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 sorrow	nmod:poss
37	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 fitted	obj
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 chords	case
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 chords	nmod:poss
40	chords	chord	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 fitted	obl
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 owe	punct
42	And	and	CCONJ	_	43 thus	cc
43	thus	thus	ADV	_	48 men	advmod
44	to	to	ADP	_	45 him	case
45	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 thus	obl
46	in	in	ADP	_	47 part	case
47	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 men	compound
48	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 owe	nsubj
49	owe	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	ccomp
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 lore	det
51	lore	lore	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 bare	nsubj
52	[	[	PUNCT	_	53 22	punct
53	22	22	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	51 lore	appos
54	]	]	PUNCT	_	53 22	punct
55	Of	of	ADP	_	59 sufferers	case
56	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	59 sufferers	det:predet
57	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	59 sufferers	det
58	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 sufferers	amod
59	sufferers	sufferer	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 22	nmod
60	bare	bare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 owe	parataxis
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 yore	case
62	yore	yore	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 bare	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Day after day		youth creatures's tale			creatures = creature nsubj; late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stand	past	love						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drink	past	love not said here	creatures's words				inly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
4	harp	gerund	Day after day not said here			wood and vale	still		tree rules
5	fit	past	love	creatures's oft sorrow				to love's chords goal	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent sorrow=Patient to chord=Goal
6	owe	present	part men						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
7	bare	present	the lore					of yore	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	tell		creatures = creature						nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
9	word		creatures = creature						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent
10	sorrow		creatures = creature						nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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 7

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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 7