The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 122

In answer forth they flung their spears: he caught them, And snapt them on his knee; next, swift as fire, Sprang on the twain, and slew them with his sword, One blow:--anon he loosed their horses’ bits, And they, with madness winged, rejoined the host, Bearing those headless bulks.

Who acts: dews, Cuchullain, madness · What happens: fling, catch, snapt, slay, loose, wing · To what, where: spears, answer, dews, knee, anon, host

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 (dews, Cuchullain, madness), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 answer	case
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flung	obl
3	forth	forth	ADV	_	2 answer	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flung	nsubj
5	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spears	nmod:poss
7	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flung	obj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 caught	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 caught	nsubj
10	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flung	parataxis
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 caught	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 snapt	punct
13	And	and	CCONJ	_	14 snapt	cc
14	snapt	snapt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 caught	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 snapt	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 knee	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 knee	nmod:poss
18	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 snapt	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 swift	punct
20	next	next	ADV	_	22 swift	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 next	punct
22	swift	swift	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flung	conj
23	as	as	ADP	_	24 fire	case
24	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 swift	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 Sprang	punct
26	Sprang	Sprang	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 swift	obl
27	on	on	ADP	_	29 twain	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 twain	det
29	twain	twain	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Sprang	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 slew	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 slew	cc
32	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flung	conj
33	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 slew	obj
34	with	with	ADP	_	36 sword	case
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 sword	nmod:poss
36	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 slew	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 blow	punct
38	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 blow	nummod
39	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 sword	conj
40	:	:	PUNCT	_	44 loosed	punct
41	--	--	PUNCT	_	42 anon	punct
42	anon	anon	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 loosed	obl
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 loosed	nsubj
44	loosed	loose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flung	conj
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 horses	nmod:poss
46	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 bits	nmod:poss
47	’	's	PART	_	46 horses	case
48	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 loosed	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 they	punct
50	And	and	CCONJ	_	51 they	cc
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 loosed	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 winged	punct
53	with	with	SCONJ	_	55 winged	mark
54	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 winged	nsubj
55	winged	wing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 loosed	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 rejoined	punct
57	rejoined	rejoin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 loosed	conj
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 host	det
59	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 rejoined	obj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 Bearing	punct
61	Bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 rejoined	advcl
62	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	64 bulks	det
63	headless	headless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 bulks	amod
64	bulks	bulk	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 Bearing	obj
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 flung	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fling	past	dews = dew	dews's spears	answer		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spear=Theme in answer=Destination
2	catch	past	Cuchullain	dews = dew			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	snapt	infinitive	Cuchullain not said here	dews = dew	Cuchullain's knee		tree rules
4	slay	past	dews = dew not said here	dews = dew		with Cuchullain's sword and One blow	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with sword=Instrument
5	loose	past	Cuchullain	anon		dews's horses's bits obj; dews = dew conj	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bit=Patient
6	wing	past	madness				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
7	rejoin	past	Cuchullain not said here	the host			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Patient
8	bear	gerund	Cuchullain not said here	that headless bulks			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulk=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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🌲 The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 122

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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 122