The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 50
Then Daré’s heart was changed, And loud by all his swearing Gods he sware ‘Cuailgné’s Donn shall ne’er consort with Meave, Nor with her kine:’ and on his gate he set The castle’s Fool waiting Mac Roth’s return, And charged him with this greeting; ‘Back to Meave!
Who acts: heart, Donn, Mac · What happens: change, god, sware, consort, set, wait · To what, where: heart, Fool, gate, return, Donn
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 (heart, Donn, Mac), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 changed | advmod |
| 2 | Daré | Daré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 2 Daré | case |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 changed | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 changed | aux:pass |
| 6 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 Gods | csubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 loud | punct |
| 8 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 loud | cc |
| 9 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 changed | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 swearing | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 swearing | det:predet |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 swearing | nmod:poss |
| 13 | swearing | swearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 loud | obl |
| 14 | Gods | god | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sware | nsubj |
| 16 | sware | sware | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Gods | obj |
| 17 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 23 consort | punct |
| 18 | Cuailgné | Cuailgné | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 consort | nmod:poss |
| 19 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 18 Cuailgné | case |
| 20 | Donn | Donn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 consort | nsubj |
| 21 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 consort | aux |
| 22 | ne’er | ne' | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 23 consort | amod |
| 23 | consort | consort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sware | conj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 Meave | case |
| 25 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 consort | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Nor | punct |
| 27 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 consort | appos |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 kine | case |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 kine | nmod:poss |
| 30 | kine | kine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 Nor | nmod |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 ’ | punct |
| 32 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 Gods | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 set | cc |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 gate | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 gate | nmod:poss |
| 36 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 set | obl |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 set | nsubj |
| 38 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 Gods | conj |
| 39 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 castle | det |
| 40 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Fool | nmod:poss |
| 41 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 40 castle | case |
| 42 | Fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 set | obj |
| 43 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 set | advcl |
| 44 | Mac | Mac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 return | nmod:poss |
| 45 | Roth | Roth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Mac | flat |
| 46 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 44 Mac | case |
| 47 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 waiting | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 charged | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 charged | cc |
| 50 | charged | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 set | conj |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 charged | obj |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 greeting | case |
| 53 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 54 greeting | det |
| 54 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 charged | obl |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 Back | punct |
| 56 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 57 Back | punct |
| 57 | Back | back | ADV | _ | 14 Gods | advmod |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 59 Meave | case |
| 59 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 Back | obl |
| 60 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 14 Gods | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past · passive | Daré's heart | then | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | god | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | sware | heart | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | consort | shall | Donn | with Meave; Cuailgné nmod:poss; Nor with Nor's kine appos | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | set | past | Donn | the castle's Fool | Donn's gate | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent fool=Theme on gate=Destination | |||
| 6 | wait | gerund | Donn not said here | Mac's return | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | charge | past | Donn not said here | Donn | with this greeting | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with greeting=Theme | |||
| 8 | swear | heart | nom swearing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | return | Mac | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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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