The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 152
He, the man Despised since youth, the laughter of the crowd, Himself restored to youth by change like death, Had rolled his voice abroad, a mighty voice; They heard it: from their trance they burst: they stood Radiant once more with mind!
Who acts: space, things · What happens: despise, restore, roll, hear, burst, stand · To what, where: youth, voice, trance
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 (space, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 Despised | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Despised | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Despised | nsubj |
| 5 | Despised | despise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | since | since | ADP | _ | 7 youth | case |
| 7 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Despised | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 laughter | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 laughter | det |
| 10 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 youth | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 crowd | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crowd | det |
| 13 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 laughter | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 restored | punct |
| 15 | Himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 16 restored | nsubj |
| 16 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Despised | conj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 youth | case |
| 18 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 restored | obl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 change | case |
| 20 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 restored | obl |
| 21 | like | like | ADP | _ | 22 death | case |
| 22 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 change | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 rolled | punct |
| 24 | Had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 rolled | aux |
| 25 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 Despised | advcl |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 voice | nmod:poss |
| 27 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 rolled | obj |
| 28 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 25 rolled | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 voice | punct |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 voice | det |
| 31 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 voice | amod |
| 32 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 rolled | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 heard | punct |
| 34 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 heard | nsubj |
| 35 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Despised | parataxis |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 heard | obj |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 42 burst | punct |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 trance | case |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 trance | nmod:poss |
| 40 | trance | trance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 burst | obl |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 burst | nsubj |
| 42 | burst | burst | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Despised | parataxis |
| 43 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 stood | punct |
| 44 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 stood | nsubj |
| 45 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 burst | conj |
| 46 | Radiant | radiant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 stood | xcomp |
| 47 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 48 more | advmod |
| 48 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 45 stood | advmod |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 mind | case |
| 50 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 stood | obl |
| 51 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 Despised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | despise | participle | space | since youth | the man nsubj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | restore | past | space | youth | by change like death | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to youth=Recipient | |||
| 3 | roll | past · perfect | space not said here | space's voice | a mighty voice obl; abroad property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Agent | |||
| 4 | hear | past | things = thing | voice | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | burst | past | things = thing | things's trance | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | stand | past | things = thing | with mind; radiant property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | trance | things = thing | nom trance «state 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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