The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 124
T’wards him Cuchullain rushed: the old man wept, For gladness wept, and afterwards for woe, Kissing the wounds unnumbered of his son: Reverent, Cuchullain led him to his cell; Reverent, he placed before him wine and meat; Nor questioned yet.
Who acts: T’wards, old man, gladness, wounds, Reverent, Nor · What happens: rush, weep, kiss, unnumber, lead, place · To what, where: Southward, cell, wine
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 (T’wards, old man, gladness, wounds), 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 | T’wards | T'wards | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 rushed | nsubj |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 T’wards | flat |
| 3 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 T’wards | flat |
| 4 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 wept | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wept | nsubj |
| 9 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rushed | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wept | punct |
| 11 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 13 wept | mark |
| 12 | gladness | gladness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wept | nsubj |
| 13 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 wept | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 woe | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 woe | cc |
| 16 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 18 woe | advmod |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 woe | case |
| 18 | woe | woe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rushed | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Kissing | punct |
| 20 | Kissing | kiss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 rushed | advcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 wounds | det |
| 22 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 unnumbered | nsubj |
| 23 | unnumbered | unnumber | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 Kissing | ccomp |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 son | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 son | nmod:poss |
| 26 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 unnumbered | obl |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 Reverent | punct |
| 28 | Reverent | Reverent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 led | nsubj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Cuchullain | punct |
| 30 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Reverent | conj |
| 31 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rushed | parataxis |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 led | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 cell | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 cell | nmod:poss |
| 35 | cell | cell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 led | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 placed | punct |
| 37 | Reverent | Reverent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 placed | nsubj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Reverent | punct |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 placed | nsubj |
| 40 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rushed | parataxis |
| 41 | before | before | ADP | _ | 42 him | case |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 placed | obl |
| 43 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 placed | obj |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 meat | cc |
| 45 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 wine | conj |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 questioned | punct |
| 47 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 questioned | nsubj |
| 48 | questioned | question | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 placed | conj |
| 49 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 48 questioned | advmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 rushed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rush | past | T’wards | for woe | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | weep | past | the old man | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | weep | past | gladness | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | kiss | gerund | T’wards not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | unnumber | past | the wounds | of Southward's son | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lead | past | Reverent and Cuchullain | Southward | Southward's cell | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cell=Destination | |||
| 7 | place | past | Reverent | wine and meat | before Southward | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wine=Theme before he=Destination | |||
| 8 | question speech: other | past | Nor | yet | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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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