The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 131
‘To Eman near There dwelt an armourer, Cullain was his name, That earliest rose, and latest with his forge Reddened the night: mail-clad in might of his The Red Branch Knights forth rode; the bard, the chief Claimed him for friend.
Who acts: latest, Cullain, Branch Knights, bard · What happens: dwell, be, redden, clad, ride, claim · To what, where: armourer, Eman, name
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 (latest, Cullain, Branch Knights, bard), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 dwelt | punct |
| 2 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 Eman | case |
| 3 | Eman | Eman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 dwelt | obl |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 6 dwelt | mark |
| 5 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 dwelt | expl |
| 6 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 latest | advcl |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 armourer | det |
| 8 | armourer | armourer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dwelt | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 name | punct |
| 10 | Cullain | Cullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 name | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 name | cop |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 name | nmod:poss |
| 13 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dwelt | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 rose | punct |
| 15 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 rose | det |
| 16 | earliest | early | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 rose | amod |
| 17 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 name | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 latest | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 latest | cc |
| 20 | latest | late | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 24 Reddened | nsubj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 forge | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 forge | nmod:poss |
| 23 | forge | forge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Reddened | obl |
| 24 | Reddened | redden | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 night | det |
| 26 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Reddened | obl:unmarked |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 30 clad | punct |
| 28 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 clad | compound | ||
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 mail | punct |
| 30 | clad | clad | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 Reddened | conj |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 might | case |
| 32 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 clad | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 rode | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 rode | nmod:poss |
| 35 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Knights | det |
| 36 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Branch | flat |
| 37 | Branch | Branch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Knights | compound |
| 38 | Knights | Knight | PROPN | Number=Plur | 40 rode | nsubj |
| 39 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 40 rode | advmod |
| 40 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 might | acl:relcl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 Claimed | punct |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 bard | det |
| 43 | bard | bard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Claimed | nsubj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 chief | punct |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 chief | det |
| 46 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 bard | conj |
| 47 | Claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 Reddened | conj |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 Claimed | obj |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 50 friend | case |
| 50 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Claimed | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 Reddened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dwell | past | latest not said here | a armourer | Eman | there | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme armourer=Location | ||
| 2 | is a | past | Cullain | Eman's name and that earliest rose | Eman nmod:poss; that earliest rose conj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | redden | past | latest | night | with name's forge | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with forge=Instrument | |||
| 4 | clad | participle | latest not said here | mail compound | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | ride | past | the Branch Knights | name nmod:poss; forth property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | claim speech: other | past | the bard and the chief | name | for friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
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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