The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 118
Last drew nigh Fergus, and read it: on him fell that hour Memories full dear, and loud he sang and long; He sang a warrior’s praise: yet named him not; He sang; ‘From name of man to name of beast A warrior changed: then mightiest grew of men!’
Who acts: Last, O’er, name, mightiest, warrior · What happens: draw, read, fall, sing, not name, change · To what, where: Fergus, Ogham, hour Memories, praise, O’er, man
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Last, O’er, name, mightiest), 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 | Last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 4 Fergus | advmod |
| 4 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 read | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 read | cc |
| 7 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 drew | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 read | obj |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 fell | punct |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fell | obl |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 Memories | mark |
| 14 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Memories | compound |
| 15 | Memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fell | obj |
| 16 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 dear | amod |
| 17 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Memories | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 loud | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 loud | cc |
| 20 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fell | conj |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 sang | nsubj |
| 22 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 loud | conj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 long | cc |
| 24 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 loud | conj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 sang | punct |
| 26 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 sang | nsubj |
| 27 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 warrior | det |
| 29 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 praise | nmod:poss |
| 30 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 29 warrior | case |
| 31 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sang | obj |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 named | punct |
| 33 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 34 named | advmod |
| 34 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 sang | conj |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 named | obj |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 named | advmod |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 sang | punct |
| 38 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 sang | nsubj |
| 39 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 name | punct |
| 41 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 43 name | punct |
| 42 | From | from | ADP | _ | 43 name | case |
| 43 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 changed | nsubj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 man | case |
| 45 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 name | nmod |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 name | case |
| 47 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 man | nmod |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 beast | case |
| 49 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 name | nmod |
| 50 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 warrior | det |
| 51 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 changed | nsubj |
| 52 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 53 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 56 grew | punct |
| 54 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 55 mightiest | advmod |
| 55 | mightiest | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 56 grew | nsubj |
| 56 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 changed | conj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 men | case |
| 58 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 grew | obl |
| 59 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 52 changed | punct |
| 60 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 52 changed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | Last | Fergus | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | read | infinitive | Last not said here | Ogham | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 3 | fall | past | Last not said here | hour Memories full dear | on O’er = o'er | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient memory=Result | |||
| 4 | sing speech: express | past | O’er = o'er | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 5 | sing speech: express | past | O’er = o'er | a warrior's praise | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location praise=Theme | ||||
| 6 | not name | participle | O’er = o'er not said here | O’er = o'er | yet | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 7 | sing speech: express | past | O’er = o'er | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 8 | change | past | name of man to name of beast | a warrior nsubj | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | grow | past | mightiest | of men | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | praise | a warrior | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | name | man to name of beast | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 12 | name | beast | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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