The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 24
Fergus next morn Made way through those sea-skirting woods, and cried Three times, ‘Setanta;’ and Cuchullain heard And knew that voice, and, beaming, issued forth, And clasped his ancient master round the neck, And led him to his sylvan cell.
Who acts: Made way, Setanta · What happens: skirt, cry, hear, know, beam, issue · To what, where: voice, ancient master, CUCHULLAIN, sylvan cell, Made way · 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 (Made way, Setanta), 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 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 morn | compound |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 morn | amod |
| 3 | morn | morn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 way | nsubj |
| 4 | Made | Made | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 way | compound |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 woods | case |
| 7 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 11 woods | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 skirting | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 sea | punct |
| 10 | skirting | skirt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 woods | amod |
| 11 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 way | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cried | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 cried | cc |
| 14 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | acl:relcl |
| 15 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 times | nummod |
| 16 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 cried | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Setanta | punct |
| 18 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 Setanta | punct |
| 19 | Setanta | Setanta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 heard | nsubj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 Setanta | punct |
| 21 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 Setanta | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 Cuchullain | cc |
| 23 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Setanta | conj |
| 24 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 cried | parataxis |
| 25 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 knew | cc |
| 26 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 heard | conj |
| 27 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 voice | det |
| 28 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 knew | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 beaming | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 beaming | cc |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 beaming | punct |
| 32 | beaming | beam | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 heard | ccomp |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 issued | punct |
| 34 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 beaming | parataxis |
| 35 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 34 issued | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 clasped | punct |
| 37 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 clasped | cc |
| 38 | clasped | clasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 heard | conj |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 master | nmod:poss |
| 40 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 master | amod |
| 41 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 clasped | obj |
| 42 | round | round | ADP | _ | 44 neck | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 neck | det |
| 44 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 clasped | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 led | punct |
| 46 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 led | cc |
| 47 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 cried | conj |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 led | obj |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 cell | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 cell | nmod:poss |
| 51 | sylvan | sylvan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 cell | amod |
| 52 | cell | cell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 led | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skirt | gerund | sea compound | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | Made way Fergus next morn through that skirting woods not said here | time | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hear | past | Setanta and Cuchullain | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | know | past | Setanta and Cuchullain not said here | that voice | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | beam | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | issue | participle | forth property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | clasp | past | Setanta and Cuchullain not said here | CUCHULLAIN's ancient master | round the neck | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | |||
| 8 | lead | past | Made way Fergus next morn through that skirting woods not said here | CUCHULLAIN | CUCHULLAIN's sylvan cell | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cell=Destination |
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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