The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 39
Since then he neither frowns on me nor smiles: He will not let me rule his foolish kings; Yet, deeming still my sword a charm ’gainst fate Wears it.
Who acts: Eric, me, deeming, charm · What happens: frown, smile, not let, rule, deem, wear · To what, where: me, foolish kings, sword, fate
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 (Eric, me, deeming, charm), 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 | Since | since | ADP | _ | 2 then | case |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 frowns | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 frowns | nsubj |
| 4 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 5 frowns | advmod |
| 5 | frowns | frown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 me | case |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 frowns | obl |
| 8 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 smiles | cc |
| 9 | smiles | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 frowns | conj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
| 11 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 let | nsubj |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 let | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 let | advmod |
| 14 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 smiles | ccomp |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 let | obj |
| 16 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 let | xcomp |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 kings | nmod:poss |
| 18 | foolish | foolish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 kings | amod |
| 19 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 rule | obj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 deeming | punct |
| 21 | Yet | yet | ADV | _ | 23 deeming | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 deeming | punct |
| 23 | deeming | deem | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 32 Wears | csubj |
| 24 | still | still | ADV | _ | 23 deeming | advmod |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 sword | nmod:poss |
| 26 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 deeming | obj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 charm | det |
| 28 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 fate | nmod:poss |
| 29 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 28 charm | case |
| 30 | gainst | gainst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 fate | compound |
| 31 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 deeming | obj |
| 32 | Wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 frowns | conj |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 Wears | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 frowns | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frown | present | Eric | on me; neither property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | smile | present | Eric not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not let | future | Eric | me | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | rule | infinitive | me not said here | Eric's foolish kings | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent king=Result | ||||
| 5 | deem | gerund | my sword | yet; still | a charm's gainst fate obj | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sword=Theme fate=Attribute | |||
| 6 | wear | present | deeming | fate | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 7 | fate | a charm | nom fate «event 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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