The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 55
Erin, that day Save Uladh only, stood conjoined with Meave, Great kings, and warriors named from chiefs of old Sons of Milesius; for King Conor’s craft And that proud onset of the Red-Branch Knights Year after year had galled their hearts. ’
Who acts: King · What happens: conjoin, name, gall, craft · To what, where: Erin, warriors, chiefs, craft
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 (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 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 conjoined | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Save | punct |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 day | det |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Save | compound |
| 5 | Save | Save | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Erin | appos |
| 6 | Uladh | Uladh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Save | flat |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 , | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Erin | punct |
| 9 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 conjoined | aux:pass |
| 10 | conjoined | conjoin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 Meave | case |
| 12 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 conjoined | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 kings | punct |
| 14 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 kings | amod |
| 15 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Meave | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 named | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 named | cc |
| 18 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 named | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 conjoined | conj |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 chiefs | case |
| 21 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 named | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Sons | case |
| 23 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 Sons | amod |
| 24 | Sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 chiefs | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Milesius | case |
| 26 | Milesius | Milesius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Sons | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 craft | punct |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 craft | case |
| 29 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 craft | nmod:poss |
| 30 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 King | flat |
| 31 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 29 King | case |
| 32 | craft | craft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 galled | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 onset | cc |
| 34 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 onset | det |
| 35 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 onset | amod |
| 36 | onset | onset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 craft | conj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Year | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Year | det |
| 39 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Year | flat |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 Red | punct |
| 41 | Branch | Branch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Knights | compound |
| 42 | Knights | Knight | PROPN | Number=Plur | 43 Year | compound |
| 43 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 onset | nmod |
| 44 | after | after | ADP | _ | 45 year | case |
| 45 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 onset | nmod |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 galled | aux |
| 47 | galled | gall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 conjoined | advcl |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 hearts | nmod:poss |
| 49 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 galled | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 conjoined | punct |
| 51 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 conjoined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conjoin | past · passive | Erin | with Meave and Great kings | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with meave=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | name | participle · passive | warriors | chiefs of old Sons of Milesius | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | gall | past · perfect · passive | King's craft and that proud onset of the Red Knights Year after year | craft's hearts obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer heart=Result | ||||
| 4 | craft | King | nom craft «act 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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