The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 219

‘He shook the reins: He called the horses by their names well-known: He dashed through Eman’s gateway as a storm: Far off a darksome wood and darksome tower Frowned over Mallok’s wave: therein abode Three bandit chieftains, foes to man: well pleased Those bandits eyed the on-rushing car, and youth, Exulting in their prey: arrived, with gibes He summoned them to judgment: forth they thronged, They and their clan: he slew them with his sling, The three; and severed with his sword their heads, And fixed them on the chariot’s front.

Who acts: car, bandits, reins, Mallok · What happens: shake, call, know, dash, frown, abode · To what, where: reins, horses, names, gateway, darksome wood, wave · 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 (car, bandits, reins, Mallok), 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	_	3 shook	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shook	nsubj
3	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reins	det
5	reins	rein	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shook	obj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 called	punct
7	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 called	nsubj
8	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shook	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horses	det
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 called	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 names	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 names	nmod:poss
13	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 called	obl
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 known	advmod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 well	punct
16	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 names	acl:relcl
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 dashed	punct
18	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 dashed	nsubj
19	dashed	dash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shook	conj
20	through	through	ADP	_	23 gateway	case
21	Eman	Eman	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 gateway	nmod:poss
22	’s	's	PART	_	21 Eman	case
23	gateway	gateway	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dashed	obl
24	as	as	ADP	_	26 storm	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 storm	det
26	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dashed	obl
27	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 wood	punct
28	Far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	32 wood	advmod
29	off	off	ADP	_	32 wood	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 wood	det
31	darksome	darksome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 wood	amod
32	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 storm	appos
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 tower	cc
34	darksome	darksome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 tower	amod
35	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 wood	conj
36	Frowned	frown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 wood	acl
37	over	over	ADP	_	40 wave	case
38	Mallok	Mallok	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 wave	nmod:poss
39	’s	's	PART	_	38 Mallok	case
40	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Frowned	obl
41	:	:	PUNCT	_	43 abode	punct
42	therein	therein	ADV	_	43 abode	advmod
43	abode	abode	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 dashed	parataxis
44	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	46 chieftains	nummod
45	bandit	bandit	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 chieftains	compound
46	chieftains	chieftain	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 abode	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 foes	punct
48	foes	foe	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 chieftains	conj
49	to	to	ADP	_	50 man	case
50	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 abode	obl
51	:	:	PUNCT	_	53 pleased	punct
52	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	53 pleased	advmod
53	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 man	acl:relcl
54	Those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	55 bandits	det
55	bandits	bandit	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 eyed	nsubj
56	eyed	eye	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 pleased	ccomp
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 car	det
58	on	on	SCONJ	_	60 rushing	mark
59	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 on	punct
60	rushing	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	61 car	amod
61	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 eyed	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 youth	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 youth	cc
64	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 abode	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 Exulting	punct
66	Exulting	exult	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 abode	conj
67	in	in	ADP	_	69 prey	case
68	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 prey	nmod:poss
69	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 Exulting	obl
70	:	:	PUNCT	_	71 arrived	punct
71	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 Exulting	parataxis
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 summoned	punct
73	with	with	ADP	_	74 gibes	case
74	gibes	gibe	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 summoned	obl
75	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 summoned	nsubj
76	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 arrived	conj
77	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 summoned	obj
78	to	to	ADP	_	79 judgment	case
79	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 summoned	obl
80	:	:	PUNCT	_	83 thronged	punct
81	forth	forth	ADV	_	83 thronged	advmod
82	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 thronged	nsubj
83	thronged	throng	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 judgment	acl:relcl
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 They	punct
85	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 thronged	nsubj
86	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 clan	cc
87	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	88 clan	nmod:poss
88	clan	clan	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 They	conj
89	:	:	PUNCT	_	91 slew	punct
90	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 slew	nsubj
91	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shook	conj
92	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 slew	obj
93	with	with	ADP	_	95 sling	case
94	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	95 sling	nmod:poss
95	sling	sling	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 slew	obl
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 three	punct
97	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 three	det
98	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	95 sling	appos
99	;	;	PUNCT	_	101 severed	punct
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 severed	cc
101	severed	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shook	parataxis
102	with	with	ADP	_	104 sword	case
103	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	104 sword	nmod:poss
104	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 severed	obl
105	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	106 heads	nmod:poss
106	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	104 sword	conj
107	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 fixed	punct
108	And	and	CCONJ	_	109 fixed	cc
109	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	101 severed	conj
110	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	109 fixed	obj
111	on	on	ADP	_	115 front	case
112	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	113 chariot	det
113	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	115 front	nmod:poss
114	’s	's	PART	_	113 chariot	case
115	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 fixed	obl
116	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shook	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	shake	past	car	the reins				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rein=Patient
2	call	past	car		the horses		by reins's names	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient
3	know	participle		reins's names not said here			well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	dash	past	car			Eman's gateway	as a storm	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gateway=Trajectory
5	frown	participle		a darksome wood and darksome tower not said here		Mallok's wave		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	abode	infinitive		Three bandit chieftains and foes			to man; youth obl; therein property	tree rules
7	eye	past	that bandits	the rushing car				vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus
8	rush	gerund						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	exult	gerund				bandits's prey		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
10	arrive	participle						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	summon	past	car	bandits = bandit			with gibes; to judgment	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
12	throng	past	bandits = bandit	judgment not said here			forth property	tree rules
13	slay	past	car	bandits = bandit			with car's sling	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with sling=Instrument
14	sever	past					with car's sword and bandits's heads	vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
15	fix	past		bandits = bandit		the chariot's front		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Patient
16	name		reins = rein					nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
17	wave		Mallok					nom wave «event 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 219