The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 132
One day, when Conor’s self Partook his feast, the armourer held discourse; “The Gods have made my house a house of fame: The craftsmen grin and grudge because I prosper: The forest bandits hunger for my goods, Yea, and would eat mine anvil if they might-- Trow ye what saves me, Sirs?
Who acts: self, armourer, craftsmen, bard, forest bandits, bandits · What happens: partake, hold, make, grin, grudge, prosper · To what, where: feast, discourse, Gods, bard, ye · 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 (self, armourer, craftsmen, 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Partook | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Partook | punct |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 Partook | advmod |
| 5 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 self | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 5 Conor | case |
| 7 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Partook | nsubj |
| 8 | Partook | partake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 feast | nmod:poss |
| 10 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Partook | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 armourer | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 armourer | det |
| 13 | armourer | armourer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feast | appos |
| 14 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 armourer | acl |
| 15 | discourse | discourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 held | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 made | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 made | punct |
| 18 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Gods | det |
| 19 | Gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 made | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 made | aux |
| 21 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 Partook | parataxis |
| 22 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 house | nmod:poss |
| 23 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | obj |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 house | det |
| 25 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 fame | case |
| 27 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 house | nmod |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 grin | punct |
| 29 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 craftsmen | det |
| 30 | craftsmen | craftsman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 grin | nsubj |
| 31 | grin | grin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Partook | parataxis |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 grudge | cc |
| 33 | grudge | grudge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 grin | conj |
| 34 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 36 prosper | mark |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 prosper | nsubj |
| 36 | prosper | prosper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 grudge | advcl |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 41 hunger | punct |
| 38 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 bandits | det |
| 39 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 bandits | compound |
| 40 | bandits | bandit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 hunger | nsubj |
| 41 | hunger | hunger | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Partook | conj |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 goods | case |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 goods | nmod:poss |
| 44 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 41 hunger | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Yea | punct |
| 46 | Yea | yea | INTJ | _ | 41 hunger | discourse |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 eat | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 eat | cc |
| 49 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 eat | aux |
| 50 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 41 hunger | parataxis |
| 51 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 eat | obj |
| 52 | anvil | anvil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 eat | obj |
| 53 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 57 Trow | mark |
| 54 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 Trow | nsubj |
| 55 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 Trow | aux |
| 56 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 57 Trow | punct |
| 57 | Trow | trow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 eat | conj |
| 58 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 57 Trow | obj |
| 59 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 60 saves | nsubj |
| 60 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 Trow | acl:relcl |
| 61 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 60 saves | obj |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 Sirs | punct |
| 63 | Sirs | sir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 saves | obl |
| 64 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 Partook | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | partake | past | Conor's self | self's feast | day | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hold | participle | the armourer not said here | discourse | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discourse=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make in a quote | present · perfect · passive | the Gods | my house obj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | grin in a quote | present | the craftsmen | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | grudge in a quote | present | the craftsmen not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | prosper in a quote | present | the bard and the chief = bard | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | hunger in a quote | present | the forest bandits | for my goods | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for goods=Theme | ||||
| 8 | eat in a quote | would | the bard and the chief = bard | anvil obj | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | trow a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | might | bandits = bandit | ye | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | save in a quote | present | the bard and the chief = bard | Sirs obl; what nsubj | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
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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