The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 11, sentence 87
Gamesome he and mild; To woman reverent and the hoary hair; Nor alms he stints nor incense to the Gods; But when from heaven the anger on him breaks Pity he knows for none.
Who acts: Gamesome, anger · What happens: stint, break, know · To what, where: incense, Pity, mild Nor alms
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 (Gamesome, anger), 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 | Gamesome | Gamesome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 alms | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 alms | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 alms | cc |
| 4 | mild | mild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 alms | amod |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 reverent | punct |
| 6 | To | to | PART | _ | 7 woman | mark |
| 7 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reverent | compound |
| 8 | reverent | reverent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mild | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hair | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hair | det |
| 11 | hoary | hoary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 hair | amod |
| 12 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reverent | conj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 mild | punct |
| 14 | Nor | nor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 alms | amod |
| 15 | alms | alms | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 stints | nsubj |
| 17 | stints | stint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 alms | acl:relcl |
| 18 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 19 incense | cc |
| 19 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 stints | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Gods | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Gods | det |
| 22 | Gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 stints | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 knows | punct |
| 24 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 knows | cc |
| 25 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 breaks | advmod |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 heaven | case |
| 27 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 breaks | obl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 anger | det |
| 29 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 breaks | nsubj |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 him | case |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 anger | nmod |
| 32 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 knows | advcl |
| 33 | Pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 breaks | obj |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 knows | nsubj |
| 35 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 alms | parataxis |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 none | case |
| 37 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 35 knows | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 alms | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stint | present | Gamesome | incense | to the Gods | tree rules | |||
| 2 | break | present | the anger on Gamesome | Pity | from heaven | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent pity=Patient from heaven=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | know | present | anger | for none | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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