The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 129

Then told the prince How, when his mother mocked his zeal, that child Fared forth alone, with wooden sword and shield, And fife, and silver ball; and how he hurled His little spears before him as he ran, And caught them ere they fell; and how, arrived, He spurned great Eman’s gates, and scaled its wall, And lighted in the pleasaunce of the king, His mother’s brother, Conor Conchobar; And how the noble youths of all that land There trained in warlike arts, had on him dashed With insult and with blows: and how the child This way and that had hurled them, while the king Who sat that hour with Fergus, playing chess, Gazed from his turret wondering.

Who acts: mother, Eman, spears, noble youths, king, turret · What happens: tell, mock, fare, hurl, run, catch · To what, where: prince, zeal, child, little spears, spears, gates · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (mother, Eman, spears, noble youths), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 told	advmod
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
5	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 told	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mocked	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 mocked	advmod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mocked	nsubj
10	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 zeal	nmod:poss
12	zeal	zeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mocked	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 child	punct
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 child	det
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 zeal	conj
16	Fared	fare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 child	acl
17	forth	forth	ADV	_	16 Fared	advmod
18	alone	alone	ADV	_	16 Fared	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sword	punct
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 sword	case
21	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 sword	amod
22	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Fared	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 shield	cc
24	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sword	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fife	punct
26	And	and	CCONJ	_	27 fife	cc
27	fife	fife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mocked	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 ball	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 ball	cc
30	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 ball	compound
31	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mocked	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 hurled	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 hurled	cc
34	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	36 hurled	advmod
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 hurled	nsubj
36	hurled	hurl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
37	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 spears	nmod:poss
38	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 spears	amod
39	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 hurled	obj
40	before	before	ADP	_	41 him	case
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 hurled	obl
42	as	as	SCONJ	_	44 ran	mark
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 ran	nsubj
44	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 hurled	advcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 caught	punct
46	And	and	CCONJ	_	47 caught	cc
47	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 hurled	parataxis
48	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 caught	obj
49	ere	ere	ADV	_	47 caught	advmod
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 fell	nsubj
51	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 caught	advcl
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 arrived	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 arrived	cc
54	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	56 arrived	advmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 how	punct
56	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	parataxis
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 spurned	punct
58	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 spurned	nsubj
59	spurned	spurn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 arrived	conj
60	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 Eman	amod
61	Eman	Eman	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 gates	nmod:poss
62	’s	's	PART	_	61 Eman	case
63	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 spurned	obj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 scaled	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 scaled	cc
66	scaled	scale	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	parataxis
67	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 wall	nmod:poss
68	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 scaled	obj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 lighted	punct
70	And	and	CCONJ	_	71 lighted	cc
71	lighted	light	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 scaled	conj
72	in	in	ADP	_	74 pleasaunce	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 pleasaunce	det
74	pleasaunce	pleasaunce	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 lighted	obl
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 king	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 king	det
77	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 pleasaunce	nmod
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 brother	punct
79	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	80 mother	nmod:poss
80	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 brother	nmod:poss
81	’s	's	PART	_	80 mother	case
82	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 pleasaunce	conj
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 Conor	punct
84	Conor	Conor	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 pleasaunce	conj
85	Conchobar	Conchobar	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 Conor	flat
86	;	;	PUNCT	_	105 dashed	punct
87	And	and	CCONJ	_	105 dashed	cc
88	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	105 dashed	advmod
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 youths	det
90	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 youths	amod
91	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	105 dashed	nsubj
92	of	of	ADP	_	95 land	case
93	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	95 land	det
94	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	95 land	det
95	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 youths	nmod
96	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	97 trained	expl
97	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	95 land	acl
98	in	in	ADP	_	100 arts	case
99	warlike	warlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 arts	amod
100	arts	art	NOUN	Number=Plur	97 trained	obl
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 had	punct
102	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 youths	conj
103	on	on	ADP	_	104 him	case
104	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	102 had	obl
105	dashed	dash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
106	With	with	ADP	_	107 insult	case
107	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 dashed	obl
108	and	and	CCONJ	_	110 blows	cc
109	with	with	ADP	_	110 blows	case
110	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	107 insult	conj
111	:	:	PUNCT	_	121 hurled	punct
112	and	and	CCONJ	_	121 hurled	cc
113	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	121 hurled	advmod
114	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	115 child	det
115	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	121 hurled	nsubj:pass
116	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	117 way	det
117	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	115 child	nmod:unmarked
118	and	and	CCONJ	_	121 hurled	cc
119	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	121 hurled	nsubj:pass
120	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	121 hurled	aux
121	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	conj
122	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	121 hurled	obj
123	,	,	PUNCT	_	128 sat	punct
124	while	while	SCONJ	_	128 sat	mark
125	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	126 king	det
126	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	128 sat	nsubj
127	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	128 sat	nsubj
128	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	121 hurled	parataxis
129	that	that	SCONJ	_	130 hour	mark
130	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	128 sat	advcl
131	with	with	ADP	_	132 Fergus	case
132	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	128 sat	obl
133	,	,	PUNCT	_	134 playing	punct
134	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	128 sat	advcl
135	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	134 playing	obj
136	,	,	PUNCT	_	137 Gazed	punct
137	Gazed	Gazed	PROPN	Number=Sing	134 playing	obl
138	from	from	ADP	_	140 turret	case
139	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	140 turret	nmod:poss
140	turret	turret	NOUN	Number=Sing	134 playing	obl
141	wondering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	140 turret	acl
142	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past			the prince		then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient
2	mock	past	Eman's mother	Eman's zeal and that child				fife obl; silver ball obl	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zeal=Theme
3	fare	participle		that child not said here				with wooden sword and shield; alone, forth property	tree rules
4	hurl	past	Eman	Eman's little spears			before Branch		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spear=Theme before he=Destination
5	run	past	Eman						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	catch	past		spears = spear				ere property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
7	fall	past	spears = spear						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	arrive	past							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	spurn	past	Eman	great Eman's gates					tree rules
10	scale	past		gate's wall					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Source
11	light	participle				the pleasaunce of the king and Eman's mother's brother and Conor			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
12	train	participle		all land not said here		warlike arts; there			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
13	have	past	the noble youths of all land not said here					on Eman	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
14	dash	past	the noble youths of all land					with insult and blows	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with insult=Instrument
15	hurl	past · perfect · passive		the child this way				that nsubj:pass; walls = wall obj	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination they=Theme
16	sit	past	the king					with Fergus; Who nsubj	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
17	play	gerund	the king not said here	chess		Eman's turret		Gazed obl	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chess=Theme
18	wonder speech: ask	gerund	Eman's turret not said here						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 129