The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 80
Those Babes were Erin’s Holy Innocents, And first-fruits of the land to Christ their Lord, Though born within the unbelievers’ tents: Figured in them the Gael his God adored, That later-coming, holier Gael, who won Through Faith the birthright, though the younger son.
Who acts: Babes, Gael God, Holy Innocents, holier Gael · What happens: be, bear, figure, adore, come, win · To what, where: Holy Innocents, holier Gael, birthright, Faith
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 (Babes, Gael God, Holy Innocents, holier Gael), 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 | Those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 Babes | det |
| 2 | Babes | babe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 Innocents | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 Innocents | cop |
| 4 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Innocents | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 4 Erin | case |
| 6 | Holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Innocents | amod |
| 7 | Innocents | innocent | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fruits | punct |
| 9 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fruits | cc |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 fruits | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 first | punct |
| 12 | fruits | fruit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 Innocents | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 land | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 land | det |
| 15 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fruits | nmod |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Christ | case |
| 17 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 land | nmod |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 Lord | nmod:poss |
| 19 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Christ | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 born | punct |
| 21 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 22 born | mark |
| 22 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 Innocents | acl |
| 23 | within | within | ADP | _ | 27 tents | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 unbelievers | det |
| 25 | unbelievers | unbeliever | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 tents | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 25 unbelievers | case |
| 27 | tents | tent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 born | obl |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 Figured | punct |
| 29 | Figured | figure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 adored | advcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 them | case |
| 31 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 Figured | obl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 God | det |
| 33 | Gael | Gael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 God | compound |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 God | nmod:poss |
| 35 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 adored | nsubj |
| 36 | adored | adore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 Innocents | acl:relcl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 coming | punct |
| 38 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 coming | nsubj |
| 39 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 41 coming | advmod |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 later | punct |
| 41 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 Innocents | acl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 holier | punct |
| 43 | holier | holey | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 44 Gael | amod |
| 44 | Gael | Gael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 coming | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 won | punct |
| 46 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 won | nsubj |
| 47 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 Gael | acl:relcl |
| 48 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 49 Faith | case |
| 49 | Faith | Faith | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 won | obl |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 birthright | det |
| 51 | birthright | birthright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 won | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 son | punct |
| 53 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 56 son | mark |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 son | det |
| 55 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 56 son | amod |
| 56 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 won | vocative |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Innocents | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | that Babes | Erin's Holy Innocents and first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord | Erin nmod:poss; first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | bear | participle | Erin's Holy Innocents and first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord not said here | within the unbelievers's tents | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | figure | participle | Erin's Gael God not said here | in babes = babe | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | adore | past | Erin's Gael God | Erin's Holy Innocents and first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer innocent=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | come | gerund | Erin's Holy Innocents and first fruits of the land to Christ and babes's Lord | holier Gael | late property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location innocent=Theme | |||
| 6 | win | past | holier Gael | the birthright | Faith | the younger son vocative | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthright=Eventuality |
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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