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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 230

That courser baffled clothed his strength with speed: From cliff to cliff he sped; cleared at a bound Inlet, and rocky rift; nor stayed his course, Men say, till he had circled Erin’s Isle.

Who acts: Cuchullain, Men · What happens: clothe, speed, clear, stay, say, circle · To what, where: courser, cliff, bound Inlet, course, Isle · 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 (Cuchullain, Men), 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

detnsubj:passaux:passnmod:possobjcaseoblpunctcaseoblcasenmodnsubjacl:relclpunctaclcasedetamodoblpunctccamodconjpunctccparataxisnmod:possobjpunctnsubjconjpunctmarknsubjauxccompnmod:posscaseobjpunctrootThatDETcourserNOUNbaffledAUXclothedVERBhisPRONstrengthNOUNwithADPspeedNOUN:PUNCTFromADPcliffNOUNtoADPcliffNOUNhePRONspedVERB;PUNCTclearedVERBatADPaDETboundADJInletNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJrockyADJriftNOUN;PUNCTnorCCONJstayedVERBhisPRONcourseNOUN,PUNCTMenNOUNsayVERB,PUNCTtillSCONJhePRONhadAUXcircledVERBErinPROPN’sPARTIslePROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 courserdet
2coursercourserNOUNNumber=Sing4 clothednsubj:pass
3baffledbaffleAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 clothedaux:pass
4clothedclotheVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 strengthnmod:poss
6strengthstrengthNOUNNumber=Sing4 clothedobj
7withwithADP_8 speedcase
8speedspeedNOUNNumber=Sing4 clothedobl
9::PUNCT_11 cliffpunct
10FromfromADP_11 cliffcase
11cliffcliffNOUNNumber=Sing4 clothedobl
12totoADP_13 cliffcase
13cliffcliffNOUNNumber=Sing11 cliffnmod
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 spednsubj
15spedspeedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 cliffacl:relcl
16;;PUNCT_17 clearedpunct
17clearedclearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 cliffacl
18atatADP_21 Inletcase
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 Inletdet
20boundboundADJDegree=Pos21 Inletamod
21InletinletNOUNNumber=Sing17 clearedobl
22,,PUNCT_25 riftpunct
23andandCCONJ_25 riftcc
24rockyrockyADJDegree=Pos25 riftamod
25riftriftNOUNNumber=Sing21 Inletconj
26;;PUNCT_28 stayedpunct
27nornorCCONJPolarity=Neg28 stayedcc
28stayedstayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 clothedparataxis
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 coursenmod:poss
30coursecourseNOUNNumber=Sing28 stayedobj
31,,PUNCT_33 saypunct
32MenmanNOUNNumber=Plur33 saynsubj
33saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin28 stayedconj
34,,PUNCT_38 circledpunct
35tilltillSCONJ_38 circledmark
36hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 circlednsubj
37hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 circledaux
38circledcircleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part33 sayccomp
39ErinErinPROPNNumber=Sing41 Islenmod:poss
40’s'sPART_39 Erincase
41IsleIslePROPNNumber=Sing38 circledobj
42..PUNCT_4 clothedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1clothepast · passivethat coursercliff to cliffwith speed; Cuchullain's strength objtree rules
2speedpastCuchullaincliff not said herevn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cliff=Agent
3clearparticiplecliff to cliff not said herea bound Inlet and rocky riftvn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
4staypastCuchullain's coursevn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme course=Location
5say speech: assertpresentMenvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6circlepast · perfectCuchullainErin's Islevn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme isle=Co-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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