The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 223
To Eman’s towers Returned he then with laughter: at its gate The king, the chiefs, grey Druids, maids red-cloaked, Agape to see him--on his chariot’s front The grim heads of those bandits; in its rear Those stags wide-horned; and, high o’erhead the birds!’
Who acts: towers, king · What happens: return, cloak, see · To what, where: glebe, laughter, gate, front
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 (towers, king), 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 | To | to | SCONJ | _ | 5 Returned | mark |
| 2 | Eman | Eman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 towers | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 2 Eman | case |
| 4 | towers | tower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Returned | nsubj |
| 5 | Returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 laughter | advcl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 Returned | obj |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 laughter | advmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 laughter | case |
| 9 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 cloaked | punct |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 gate | case |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 gate | nmod:poss |
| 13 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 cloaked | obl |
| 14 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 cloaked | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 chiefs | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 chiefs | det |
| 18 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 king | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Druids | punct |
| 20 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 Druids | amod |
| 21 | Druids | druid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 king | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 maids | punct |
| 23 | maids | maid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 cloaked | nsubj |
| 24 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 cloaked | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 red | punct |
| 26 | cloaked | cloak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 laughter | acl:relcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Agape | punct |
| 28 | Agape | agape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 cloaked | conj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 see | mark |
| 30 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 Agape | acl |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 see | obj |
| 32 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 37 front | punct |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 front | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 chariot | nmod:poss |
| 35 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 front | nmod:poss |
| 36 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 35 chariot | case |
| 37 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 see | obl |
| 38 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 heads | det |
| 39 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 heads | amod |
| 40 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 front | conj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 bandits | case |
| 42 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 43 bandits | det |
| 43 | bandits | bandit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 heads | nmod |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 rear | punct |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 rear | case |
| 46 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 rear | nmod:poss |
| 47 | rear | rear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 laughter | parataxis |
| 48 | Those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 49 stags | det |
| 49 | stags | stag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 rear | obl |
| 50 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 horned | amod |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 50 wide | punct |
| 52 | horned | horned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 stags | amod |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 o’erhead | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 o’erhead | cc |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 o’erhead | punct |
| 56 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 o’erhead | amod |
| 57 | o’erhead | o'erhead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 rear | parataxis |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 birds | det |
| 59 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 o’erhead | nmod |
| 60 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 57 o’erhead | punct |
| 61 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 57 o’erhead | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | Eman's towers | glebe | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cloak | participle | the king and the chiefs and grey Druids | laughter not said here | tower's gate | maids nsubj; Agape conj | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent laughter=Destination | ||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | the king and the chiefs and grey Druids not said here | glebe | glebe's chariot's front and the grim heads of that bandits | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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