The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 10, sentence 9

There first the Four had met that sympathy Yearned for so long: and yet, that treasure found, So much the more ere long calamity Tasked them, thus strengthened; tasked and closed them round, And higher yet fierce winds and watery shocks Dashed them thenceforth upon the pitiless rocks.

Who acts: Four, sympathy, treasure, ere long calamity, higher fierce winds · What happens: meet, yearn, find, task, strengthen, close · To what, where: creatures, pitiless rocks

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 (Four, sympathy, treasure, ere long calamity), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 met	expl
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 met	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Four	det
4	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 met	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 met	aux
6	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 Yearned	mark
8	sympathy	Sympathy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Yearned	nsubj
9	Yearned	yearn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 met	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 long	case
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 long	advmod
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 Yearned	advmod
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 yet	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 yet	cc
15	yet	yet	ADV	_	6 met	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 found	punct
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 treasure	det
18	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 found	nsubj
19	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 met	parataxis
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Tasked	punct
21	So	so	ADV	_	22 much	advmod
22	much	much	ADV	_	28 Tasked	advmod
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 calamity	det
24	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	25 ere	advmod
25	ere	ere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 calamity	amod
26	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 calamity	amod
27	calamity	calamity	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 Tasked	nsubj
28	Tasked	task	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 found	conj
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 Tasked	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 strengthened	punct
31	thus	thus	ADV	_	32 strengthened	advmod
32	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 Tasked	parataxis
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 tasked	punct
34	tasked	task	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 met	conj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 closed	cc
36	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 tasked	conj
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 closed	obj
38	round	round	ADV	_	36 closed	advmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 Dashed	punct
40	And	and	CCONJ	_	48 Dashed	cc
41	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	44 winds	amod
42	yet	yet	ADV	_	43 fierce	advmod
43	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 winds	amod
44	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 Dashed	nsubj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 shocks	cc
46	watery	watery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 shocks	amod
47	shocks	shock	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 winds	conj
48	Dashed	dash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 met	conj
49	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 Dashed	obj
50	thenceforth	thenceforth	ADV	_	48 Dashed	advmod
51	upon	upon	ADP	_	54 rocks	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 rocks	det
53	pitiless	pitiless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 rocks	amod
54	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 Dashed	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 met	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past · perfect	the Four		there	yet	first property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	yearn	past	sympathy				long property	vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot
3	find	past	that treasure					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	task	past	the ere long calamity	creatures = creature				tree rules
5	strengthen	participle					thus property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	task	participle	the Four not said here					tree rules
7	close	participle	the Four not said here	creatures = creature			round property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
8	dash	past	higher fierce winds and watery shocks	creatures = creature	the pitiless rocks		thenceforth property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme upon rock=Trajectory

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 9