The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 71

A moment prone the wildered creatures lay; Then slowly up that breadth of tawny sand, Like wounded beast that can but crawl, made way With knee convulsed, and closed and clutching hand, Nine-centuried forms, still breathing mortal breath, Though shrouded in the cerements pale of death.

Who acts: wildered creatures, moment prone · What happens: wilder, lay, make, convulse, close, clutch · To what, where: moment prone, way, knee, hand, mortal breath

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 (wildered creatures, moment prone), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prone	det
2	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prone	compound
3	prone	prone	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 made	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 creatures	det
5	wildered	wilder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 creatures	amod
6	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lay	nsubj
7	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prone	acl:relcl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 breadth	punct
9	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 slowly	advmod
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	13 breadth	advmod
11	up	up	ADP	_	13 breadth	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 breadth	det
13	breadth	breadth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prone	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 sand	case
15	tawny	tawny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sand	amod
16	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breadth	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 beast	punct
18	Like	like	ADP	_	20 beast	case
19	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 beast	amod
20	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breadth	appos
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 can	nsubj
22	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 beast	acl:relcl
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 crawl	cc
24	crawl	crawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breadth	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 prone	punct
26	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
27	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 made	obj
28	With	with	ADP	_	29 knee	case
29	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 made	obl
30	convulsed	convulse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 knee	acl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 closed	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 closed	cc
33	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 made	parataxis
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 clutching	cc
35	clutching	clutch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	33 closed	conj
36	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 clutching	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 forms	punct
38	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	41 forms	nummod
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 Nine	punct
40	centuried	centuried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 forms	amod
41	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 made	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 breathing	punct
43	still	still	ADV	_	44 breathing	advmod
44	breathing	breathe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 made	conj
45	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 breath	amod
46	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 breathing	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 shrouded	punct
48	Though	though	SCONJ	_	49 shrouded	mark
49	shrouded	shroud	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	44 breathing	conj
50	in	in	ADP	_	52 cerements	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 cerements	det
52	cerements	cerement	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 shrouded	obl
53	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 cerements	amod
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 death	case
55	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 pale	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wilder	participle					tree rules
2	lay	present	the wildered creatures	a moment prone and that breadth of tawny sand but crawl not said here			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prone=Result
3	make	past	a moment prone and that breadth of tawny sand but crawl	way		with knee; Nine centuried forms obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product
4	convulse	participle		knee not said here			vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	close	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	clutch	gerund		hand			vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
7	breathe	gerund	a moment prone and that breadth of tawny sand but crawl not said here	mortal breath	still		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme
8	shroud	participle	a moment prone and that breadth of tawny sand but crawl not said here			in the cerements	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cerement=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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 71