The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 8
When he too falls, Cailitin and his twenty-seven sons, all magicians, fling themselves upon Cuchullain to slay him.
Who acts: Favesh · What happens: fall, slay · To what, where: Cailitin, Favesh
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 (Favesh), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 falls | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 falls | nsubj |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 falls | advmod |
| 4 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 slay | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Cailitin | punct |
| 6 | Cailitin | Cailitin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 falls | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sons | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 sons | nmod:poss |
| 9 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 seven | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 twenty | punct |
| 11 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 sons | nummod |
| 12 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Cailitin | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 magicians | punct |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 magicians | det |
| 15 | magicians | magician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 sons | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 fling | punct |
| 17 | fling | fling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Cailitin | appos |
| 18 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 17 fling | nmod:unmarked |
| 19 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 20 Cuchullain | case |
| 20 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 fling | nmod |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 slay | mark |
| 22 | slay | slay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 slay | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 slay | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Favesh | Cailitin and Favesh's seven sons and all magicians | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | slay | to-infinitive | Favesh | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
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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