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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 150

On his throne Sat Conchobar in miniver and gold: His eyes were on his grandsire’s shield that breathed At times a sigh athwart the steel-lit gloom: Around his lips an idiot’s smile was curled: “What will be will be,” spake the king at last: “All things go well.”’

Who acts: eyes, shield, king, things, idiot · What happens: sit, be, breathe, lit, curl, speak · To what, where: Conchobar, throne, shield, sigh, lips, last · 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 (eyes, shield, king, things), 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

casenmod:possoblobjcaseoblccconjpunctnmod:possnsubjcopcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseconjnsubjacl:relclcaseobldetobjcasedetcompoundpunctamodoblpunctcasenmod:possnsubj:passdetnmod:posscasenmodaux:passacl:relclpunctpunctobjauxcopauxadvclpunctpunctconjdetobjcaseoblpunctpunctdetnsubjconjadvmodpunctpunctpunctrootOnADPhisPRONthroneNOUNSatVERBConchobarPROPNinADPminiverNOUNandCCONJgoldNOUN:PUNCTHisPRONeyesNOUNwereAUXonADPhisPRONgrandsireNOUN’sPARTshieldNOUNthatPRONbreathedVERBAtADPtimesNOUNaDETsighNOUNathwartADPtheDETsteelNOUN-PUNCTlitVERBgloomNOUN:PUNCTAroundADPhisPRONlipsNOUNanDETidiotNOUN’sPARTsmileNOUNwasAUXcurledVERB:PUNCT“PUNCTWhatPRONwillAUXbeAUXwillAUXbeAUX,PUNCT”PUNCTspakeVERBtheDETkingNOUNatADPlastADJ:PUNCT“PUNCTAllDETthingsNOUNgoVERBwellADV.PUNCT”PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_3 thronecase
2hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 thronenmod:poss
3thronethroneNOUNNumber=Sing4 Satobl
4SatsitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ConchobarConchobarPROPNNumber=Sing4 Satobj
6ininADP_7 minivercase
7miniverminiverNOUNNumber=Sing4 Satobl
8andandCCONJ_9 goldcc
9goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing7 miniverconj
10::PUNCT_18 shieldpunct
11HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 eyesnmod:poss
12eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur18 shieldnsubj
13werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 shieldcop
14ononADP_18 shieldcase
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 grandsirenmod:poss
16grandsiregrandsireNOUNNumber=Sing18 shieldnmod:poss
17’s'sPART_16 grandsirecase
18shieldshieldNOUNNumber=Sing4 Satconj
19thatthatPRONPronType=Rel20 breathednsubj
20breathedbreatheVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 shieldacl:relcl
21AtatADP_22 timescase
22timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur20 breathedobl
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 sighdet
24sighsighNOUNNumber=Sing20 breathedobj
25athwartathwartADP_30 gloomcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 gloomdet
27steelsteelNOUNNumber=Sing29 litcompound
28--PUNCT_27 steelpunct
29litlitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass30 gloomamod
30gloomgloomNOUNNumber=Sing20 breathedobl
31::PUNCT_34 lipspunct
32AroundaroundADP_34 lipscase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 lipsnmod:poss
34lipslipNOUNNumber=Plur40 curlednsubj:pass
35anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 idiotdet
36idiotidiotNOUNNumber=Sing38 smilenmod:poss
37’s'sPART_36 idiotcase
38smilesmileNOUNNumber=Sing34 lipsnmod
39wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 curledaux:pass
40curledcurlVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 shieldacl:relcl
41::PUNCT_45 bepunct
42“"PUNCT_45 bepunct
43WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int45 beobj
44willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin45 beaux
45bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf47 becop
46willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin47 beaux
47bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf4 Satadvcl
48,,PUNCT_50 spakepunct
49”"PUNCT_50 spakepunct
50spakespeakVERBVerbForm=Inf4 Satconj
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 kingdet
52kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing50 spakeobj
53atatADP_54 lastcase
54lastlastADJDegree=Pos50 spakeobl
55::PUNCT_59 gopunct
56“"PUNCT_59 gopunct
57AllallDETPronType=Tot58 thingsdet
58thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur59 gonsubj
59gogoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 Satconj
60wellwellADVDegree=Pos59 goadvmod
61..PUNCT_4 Satpunct
62”"PUNCT_4 Satpunct
63’'PUNCT_4 Satpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitpastConchobarKing's thronein miniver and goldvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent conchobar=Theme on throne=Location
2ispastKing's eyesKing's grandsire's shieldKing's grandsire nmod:posstree rules
3breathepastKing's grandsire's shielda sightimeathwart the lit gloomvn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme
4litparticiplesteel compoundtree rules
5curlpast · passiveKing's grandsire's shield not said hereKing's lips a idiot's smilevn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
6speak speech: otherinfinitivethe kinglastvn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7go in a quotepresentall thingswell propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8smilea idiotnom smile «communication 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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