The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 121
Within his heart Spirit illusive that, with purpose veiled, Oft tries the loftiest most, this presage sang ‘Southward, not distant, thou shalt see them march At last, that Red Branch Order, in their van Thy Conal Carnach!’
Who acts: purpose, presage, thou, rocks · What happens: veil, try, sing, see, march · To what, where: purpose, loftiest, Southward, rocks, last
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (purpose, presage, thou, rocks), 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 | Within | within | ADP | _ | 3 heart | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 heart | nmod:poss |
| 3 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 illusive | obl |
| 4 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 illusive | compound |
| 5 | illusive | illusive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 tries | mark |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 purpose | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 purpose | case |
| 9 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tries | nsubj |
| 10 | veiled | veil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 purpose | acl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Oft | punct |
| 12 | Oft | oft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 purpose | conj |
| 13 | tries | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 illusive | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 loftiest | det |
| 15 | loftiest | lofty | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 13 tries | obj |
| 16 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 13 tries | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sang | punct |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 presage | det |
| 19 | presage | presage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sang | nsubj |
| 20 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 see | advcl |
| 21 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 Southward | punct |
| 22 | Southward | Southward | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 sang | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 distant | punct |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 25 distant | advmod |
| 25 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 Southward | amod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sang | punct |
| 27 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 29 see | nsubj |
| 28 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 29 see | aux |
| 29 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 illusive | parataxis |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 see | obj |
| 31 | march | march | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 see | xcomp |
| 32 | At | at | ADP | _ | 33 last | case |
| 33 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 march | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Order | punct |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 Order | mark |
| 36 | Red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 Branch | amod |
| 37 | Branch | Branch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Order | compound |
| 38 | Order | Order | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 see | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 van | punct |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 van | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 van | nmod:poss |
| 42 | van | van | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 see | parataxis |
| 43 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 Conal | nmod:poss |
| 44 | Conal | Conal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 van | appos |
| 45 | Carnach | Carnach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Conal | flat |
| 46 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 illusive | punct |
| 47 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 illusive | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | veil | participle | purpose not said here | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | try | present | purpose | the loftiest | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lofty=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | sing speech: express | past | this presage | Southward | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location southward=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see | shall | thou | rocks = rock | Branch Order obl; rocks's van parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 5 | march | infinitive | rocks = rock not said here | last | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Trajectory |
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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