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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 132

Old seers I saw that decked Time-honoured foreheads with a jester’s crown: I saw an ollamb trample under foot His sacred Oghams: next I saw him grave His own blear image on the tide-washed sands, Boasting, “The unnumbered ages here shall stoop Honouring true Wisdom’s image.”

Who acts: Old seers, I, man, unnumbered ages, jester, Wisdom · What happens: see, deck, grave, wash, boast, stoop · To what, where: decked honoured foreheads, ollamb trample, foot, man, own blear image, washed sands · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Old seers, I, man, unnumbered ages), 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

amodnsubjnsubjmarkamodobl:unmarkedpunctamodobjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctnsubjconjdetamodobjcaseoblnmod:possamodobjpunctadvmodnsubjconjobjxcompnmod:possamodamodobjcasedetcompoundpunctamodoblpunctadvclpunctpunctdetamodnsubjadvmodauxccompamodamodnmod:posscaseobjpunctpunctrootOldADJseersNOUNIPRONsawVERBthatSCONJdeckedVERBTimeNOUN-PUNCThonouredADJforeheadsNOUNwithADPaDETjesterNOUN’sPARTcrownNOUN:PUNCTIPRONsawVERBanDETollambADJtrampleNOUNunderADPfootNOUNHisPRONsacredADJOghamsNOUN:PUNCTnextADVIPRONsawVERBhimPRONgraveVERBHisPRONownADJblearADJimageNOUNonADPtheDETtideNOUN-PUNCTwashedVERBsandsNOUN,PUNCTBoastingVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTTheDETunnumberedADJagesNOUNhereADVshallAUXstoopVERBHonouringADJtrueADJWisdomPROPN’sPARTimageNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OldoldADJDegree=Pos2 seersamod
2seersseerNOUNNumber=Plur4 sawnsubj
3IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 sawnsubj
4sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thatthatSCONJ_10 foreheadsmark
6deckeddeckVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 foreheadsamod
7TimetimeNOUNNumber=Sing6 deckedobl:unmarked
8--PUNCT_7 Timepunct
9honouredhonouredADJDegree=Pos10 foreheadsamod
10foreheadsforeheadNOUNNumber=Plur4 sawobj
11withwithADP_15 crowncase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 jesterdet
13jesterjesterNOUNNumber=Sing15 crownnmod:poss
14’s'sPART_13 jestercase
15crowncrownNOUNNumber=Sing10 foreheadsnmod
16::PUNCT_18 sawpunct
17IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs18 sawnsubj
18sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 sawconj
19anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 trampledet
20ollambollambADJDegree=Pos21 trampleamod
21trampletrampleNOUNNumber=Sing18 sawobj
22underunderADP_23 footcase
23footfootNOUNNumber=Sing18 sawobl
24HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 Oghamsnmod:poss
25sacredsacredADJDegree=Pos26 Oghamsamod
26OghamsoghamNOUNNumber=Plur18 sawobj
27::PUNCT_30 sawpunct
28nextnextADV_30 sawadvmod
29IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs30 sawnsubj
30sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 sawconj
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 sawobj
32gravegraveVERBVerbForm=Inf30 sawxcomp
33HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 imagenmod:poss
34ownownADJDegree=Pos36 imageamod
35blearblearADJDegree=Pos36 imageamod
36imageimageNOUNNumber=Sing32 graveobj
37ononADP_42 sandscase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 sandsdet
39tidetideNOUNNumber=Sing41 washedcompound
40--PUNCT_39 tidepunct
41washedwashVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass42 sandsamod
42sandssandNOUNNumber=Plur32 graveobl
43,,PUNCT_44 Boastingpunct
44BoastingboastVERBVerbForm=Ger30 sawadvcl
45,,PUNCT_52 stooppunct
46“"PUNCT_52 stooppunct
47ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 agesdet
48unnumberedunnumberedADJDegree=Pos49 agesamod
49agesageNOUNNumber=Plur52 stoopnsubj
50herehereADVPronType=Dem49 agesadvmod
51shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin52 stoopaux
52stoopstoopVERBVerbForm=Inf44 Boastingccomp
53HonouringhonouringADJDegree=Pos57 imageamod
54truetrueADJDegree=Pos57 imageamod
55WisdomWisdomPROPNNumber=Sing57 imagenmod:poss
56’s'sPART_55 Wisdomcase
57imageimageNOUNNumber=Sing52 stoopobj
58..PUNCT_52 stooppunct
59”"PUNCT_52 stooppunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastOld seersdecked honoured foreheadswith a jester's crown; I nsubjvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer forehead=Stimulus
2deckparticipletimevn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3seepastIa ollamb tramplefootman's sacred Oghams objtree rules
4seepastImannext propertytree rules
5graveinfinitiveman not said hereman's own blear imagethe washed sandstree rules
6washparticipletide compoundvn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7boast speech: othergerundI not said herevn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8stoop in a quoteshallthe unnumbered agesWisdom's Honouring true imagevn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location image=Theme
9crowna jesternom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent
10imagemannom image «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
11image in a quoteWisdomnom image «cognition 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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