The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 18

Through Eman’s streets Send ye proclaim, ‘Will any holy Maid To save the city take her station sole On yonder bridge, at parting of the ways, That city’s Emblem-Victim, robed in black Down from her girdle to the naked feet; Above that girdle this alone--the chains Of Eman’s gate, circling that virgin throat And down at each side streaming?

Who acts: streets, ye, holy Maid, virgin throat, ways · What happens: send, proclaim, save, take, robe, girdle · To what, where: city, station sole, bridge, ways, this, that

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 (streets, ye, holy Maid, virgin throat), 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	Through	through	SCONJ	_	5 Send	mark
2	Eman	Eman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 streets	nmod:poss
3	’s	's	PART	_	2 Eman	case
4	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Send	nsubj
5	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 save	advcl
6	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 proclaim	nsubj
7	proclaim	proclaim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 Send	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Send	punct
9	‘	'	PUNCT	_	15 save	punct
10	Will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 save	aux
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 Maid	det
12	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Maid	amod
13	Maid	Maid	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 save	nsubj
14	To	to	PART	_	15 save	mark
15	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 city	det
17	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 save	obj
18	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 save	conj
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 sole	nmod:poss
20	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sole	compound
21	sole	sole	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 take	obj
22	On	on	ADP	_	24 bridge	case
23	yonder	yonder	ADV	_	24 bridge	advmod
24	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 take	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 parting	punct
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 parting	case
27	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 take	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 ways	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 ways	det
30	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 parting	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 Victim	punct
32	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 city	det
33	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 Victim	nmod:poss
34	’s	's	PART	_	33 city	case
35	Emblem	emblem	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 Victim	compound
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 Emblem	punct
37	Victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 ways	appos
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 robed	punct
39	robed	robe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 ways	acl
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 Down	case
41	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 Down	amod
42	Down	Down	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 robed	obl
43	from	from	ADP	_	45 girdle	case
44	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 girdle	nmod:poss
45	girdle	girdle	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 robed	obl
46	to	to	ADP	_	49 feet	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 feet	det
48	naked	naked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 feet	amod
49	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 robed	obl
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 girdle	punct
51	Above	above	ADP	_	52 that	case
52	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 girdle	obl
53	girdle	girdle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 save	conj
54	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 girdle	obj
55	alone	alone	ADV	_	53 girdle	advmod
56	--	--	PUNCT	_	58 chains	punct
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 chains	det
58	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 girdle	obl
59	Of	of	ADP	_	62 gate	case
60	Eman	Eman	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 gate	nmod:poss
61	’s	's	PART	_	60 Eman	case
62	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 chains	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 circling	punct
64	circling	circle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 girdle	advcl
65	that	that	SCONJ	_	73 streaming	mark
66	virgin	virgin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 throat	amod
67	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 streaming	nsubj
68	And	and	CCONJ	_	72 side	cc
69	down	down	ADV	_	72 side	advmod
70	at	at	ADP	_	72 side	case
71	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	72 side	det
72	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 throat	conj
73	streaming	stream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	64 circling	advcl
74	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 save	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	present	Eman's streets				tree rules
2	proclaim	infinitive	ye				vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	save	future	any holy Maid	the city			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme
4	take	infinitive	any holy Maid not said here	Maid's station sole	bridge	at parting of the ways	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sole=Theme on bridge=Destination
5	robe	participle		the ways not said here		from Maid's girdle; to the naked feet; in black Down	vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in down=Theme
6	girdle	present	any holy Maid not said here	this	that	the chains of Eman's gate obl; alone property	tree rules
7	circle	gerund	any holy Maid not said here				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
8	stream	gerund	virgin throat and each side				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	part		the ways				nom parting «act intransitive»: of=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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 18