The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 13

Then Ailill spake; ‘Let Fergus seek that champion in the woods, Gift-laden, and withdraw him from his king:’ But Fergus answered; ‘Sue and be refused!

Who acts: Fergus · What happens: let, seek, lade, withdraw, answer, refuse · To what, where: Fergus, champion, woods, Gift, Ailill spake

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 (Fergus), 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	3 spake	advmod
2	Ailill	Ailill	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spake	compound
3	spake	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 refused	nsubj:pass
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct
5	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct
6	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spake	appos
7	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Let	obj
8	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 Let	xcomp
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 champion	det
10	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seek	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 woods	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 woods	det
13	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 seek	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Gift	punct
15	Gift	Gift	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Let	obl
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 laden	punct
17	laden	lade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 Gift	acl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 withdraw	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 withdraw	cc
20	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Let	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 withdraw	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 king	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 king	nmod:poss
24	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 withdraw	obl
25	:	:	PUNCT	_	26 ’	punct
26	’	'	SYM	_	3 spake	discourse
27	But	but	CCONJ	_	29 answered	cc
28	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 answered	nsubj
29	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 ’	conj
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 Sue	punct
31	‘	'	PUNCT	_	32 Sue	punct
32	Sue	Sue	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 refused	nsubj:pass
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 refused	cc
34	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 refused	aux:pass
35	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
36	!	!	PUNCT	_	35 refused	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive		Fergus		Gift obl	tree rules
2	seek	infinitive	Fergus not said here	that champion	the woods		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent champion=Theme in wood=Location
3	lade	participle		Gift not said here			tree rules
4	withdraw	present		Fergus		from Fergus's king	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme from king=Initial_Location
5	answer speech: assert	past	Fergus				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	refuse	infinitive · passive		Ailill spake		Sue nsubj:pass	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 13