The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 180

Next morn again the invaders marched, nor knew What foe was he who, mocking, thinned their ranks, Trampled their pride; who, lacking spear and car, Viewless by day, by night a fleeting fire, Dragged down their mightiest, in the death cry shrill Drowning the revel.

Who acts: invaders, foe · What happens: march, know, mock, thin, trample, lack · To what, where: Next morn, ranks, pride, spear, fleeting fire, death

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 (invaders, foe), 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	Next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 morn	amod
2	morn	morn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 marched	obl
3	again	again	ADV	_	2 morn	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 invaders	det
5	invaders	invader	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 marched	nsubj
6	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knew	punct
8	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	9 knew	cc
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 marched	conj
10	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 knew	obj
11	foe	foe	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mocking	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 mocking	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 mocking	nsubj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 mocking	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mocking	punct
16	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 What	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 thinned	punct
18	thinned	thin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 marched	conj
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 ranks	nmod:poss
20	ranks	rank	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 thinned	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Trampled	punct
22	Trampled	trample	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 thinned	conj
23	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 pride	nmod:poss
24	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 Trampled	obj
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 lacking	punct
26	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 lacking	nsubj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 lacking	punct
28	lacking	lack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 marched	advcl
29	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 lacking	obj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 car	cc
31	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 spear	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 Viewless	punct
33	Viewless	Viewless	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 lacking	obl
34	by	by	ADP	_	35 day	case
35	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 lacking	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 Dragged	punct
37	by	by	ADP	_	38 night	case
38	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 Dragged	obl
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 fire	det
40	fleeting	fleeting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 fire	amod
41	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 Dragged	nsubj:pass
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 Dragged	punct
43	Dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 marched	conj
44	down	down	ADP	_	43 Dragged	compound:prt
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 mightiest	nmod:poss
46	mightiest	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	43 Dragged	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 cry	punct
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 death	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 death	det
50	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 cry	obl
51	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 Dragged	advcl
52	shrill	shrill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 cry	xcomp
53	Drowning	drown	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 shrill	advcl
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 revel	det
55	revel	revel	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 Drowning	obj
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 marched	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march	past	the invaders	Next morn				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	past	the invaders not said here				What obj	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
3	mock	past · progressive	foe				who nsubj	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	thin	past	the invaders not said here	invaders's ranks				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rank=Patient
5	trample	participle	the invaders not said here	invaders's pride				tree rules
6	lack	gerund		spear and car		day	Viewless obl; who nsubj	tree rules
7	drag down	participle · passive		a fleeting fire		night		tree rules
8	cry speech: express	infinitive			the death		shrill property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in death=Location
9	drown	gerund		the revel				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revel=Patient
10	pride		invaders = invader					nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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 180