The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 23
I spurned their offers! three things I required-- A warrior proved, since great at arms am I; A liberal hand, since lavish I of gifts; A man not jealous, since, in love as war, There where I willed I ever cast mine eyes.
Who acts: I, warrior, princes · What happens: spurn, require, prove, be, will, cast · To what, where: offers, three things, I, arms, mine
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 (I, warrior, princes), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 spurned | nsubj |
| 2 | spurned | spurn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 offers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | offers | offer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spurned | obj |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 spurned | punct |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 things | nummod |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spurned | obj |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 required | nsubj |
| 9 | required | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 things | acl:relcl |
| 10 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 12 warrior | punct |
| 11 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 warrior | det |
| 12 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 things | appos |
| 13 | proved | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 warrior | acl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 great | punct |
| 15 | since | since | ADP | _ | 16 great | case |
| 16 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 proved | conj |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 arms | case |
| 18 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 great | obl |
| 19 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 great | cop |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 proved | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 hand | punct |
| 22 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 hand | det |
| 23 | liberal | liberal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 hand | amod |
| 24 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spurned | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 lavish | punct |
| 26 | since | since | ADP | _ | 27 lavish | case |
| 27 | lavish | lavish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 spurned | conj |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 lavish | nsubj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 gifts | case |
| 30 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 lavish | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 jealous | punct |
| 32 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 man | det |
| 33 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 jealous | nsubj |
| 34 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 35 jealous | advmod |
| 35 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 spurned | parataxis |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 love | punct |
| 37 | since | since | ADP | _ | 40 love | case |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 love | punct |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 love | case |
| 40 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 jealous | obl |
| 41 | as | as | ADP | _ | 42 war | case |
| 42 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 love | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 willed | punct |
| 44 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 47 willed | expl |
| 45 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 47 willed | advmod |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 willed | nsubj |
| 47 | willed | will | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 jealous | conj |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 cast | nsubj |
| 49 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 50 cast | advmod |
| 50 | cast | cast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 willed | ccomp |
| 51 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 cast | obj |
| 52 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 cast | obj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spurned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spurn | past | I | princes's offers | a liberal hand obl; three things obj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | require | past | I | three things not said here | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Precondition | ||||
| 3 | prove | participle | a warrior not said here | I | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is | present | a warrior not said here | arms | great property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | will | past | I | there | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | cast | present | I | mine | ever | eyes obj | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent my=Beneficiary eye=Product | ||
| 7 | offer | princes = prince | nom offer «communication 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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