The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 50
Then roared the kings a long and loud applause, Since wise appeared that counsel: faith they pledged, And sureties in the hearing of the Gods: Likewise Cuchullain, when his friend returned, Made answer; ‘Well you guessed! a month or more My strength will hold: meantime our Uladh arms.’
Who acts: wise, Twixt, friend, you, strength, Gods · What happens: roar, appear, pledge, return, make, guess · To what, where: kings, counsel faith, month
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 (wise, Twixt, friend, you), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 roared | advmod |
| 2 | roared | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kings | det |
| 4 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 roared | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 applause | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 applause | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 loud | cc |
| 8 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 long | conj |
| 9 | applause | applause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roared | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 appeared | punct |
| 11 | Since | since | SCONJ | _ | 13 appeared | mark |
| 12 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 appeared | nsubj |
| 13 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 roared | conj |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 faith | mark |
| 15 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 faith | compound |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 counsel | punct |
| 17 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 appeared | xcomp |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 pledged | nsubj |
| 19 | pledged | pledge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 faith | acl:relcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sureties | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 sureties | cc |
| 22 | sureties | surety | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 roared | obl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 hearing | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 hearing | det |
| 25 | hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sureties | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Gods | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Gods | det |
| 28 | Gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 hearing | nmod |
| 29 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 Cuchullain | punct |
| 30 | Likewise | Likewise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Cuchullain | compound |
| 31 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 sureties | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 returned | punct |
| 33 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 36 returned | advmod |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 friend | nmod:poss |
| 35 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 returned | nsubj |
| 36 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 Cuchullain | acl:relcl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 answer | punct |
| 38 | Made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 answer | amod |
| 39 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Cuchullain | conj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 guessed | punct |
| 41 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 44 guessed | punct |
| 42 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 44 guessed | discourse |
| 43 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 guessed | nsubj |
| 44 | guessed | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 roared | conj |
| 45 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 47 month | punct |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 month | det |
| 47 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 guessed | obl:unmarked |
| 48 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 49 more | cc |
| 49 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 47 month | conj |
| 50 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 strength | nmod:poss |
| 51 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 hold | nsubj |
| 52 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 hold | aux |
| 53 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 month | acl:relcl |
| 54 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 55 meantime | punct |
| 55 | meantime | meantime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roared | parataxis |
| 56 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 arms | nmod:poss |
| 57 | Uladh | Uladh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 arms | compound |
| 58 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 meantime | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 58 arms | punct |
| 60 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 55 meantime | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roar | past | the kings | then | sureties in the hearing of the Gods Likewise Cuchullain and Made answer obl; a long applause obj; meantime and our Uladh arms parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 2 | appear | past | wise | counsel faith | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pledge | past | Twixt | counsel faith not said here | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent faith=Theme | ||||
| 4 | return | past | CUCHULLAIN's friend | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | make | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 6 | guess | past | you | month | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | hold | future | My strength | a month not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent month=Theme | ||||
| 8 | hear | the Gods | nom hearing «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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