The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 96
When faint he stood At once their cry rang out like one man’s cry; Like one their seven and twenty javelins flew: As swift, Cuchullain caught them on his shield: An instant more, and all that horde accursed Was dealing with him.
Who acts: faint, cry, seven javelins, Cuchullain, horde, Was · What happens: stand, ring out, fly, catch, accurs, deal · To what, where: javelins, shield
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 (faint, cry, seven javelins, Cuchullain), 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 | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 stood | advmod |
| 2 | faint | faint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 flew | advcl |
| 5 | At | at | SCONJ | _ | 9 rang | mark |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 9 rang | advmod |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 cry | nmod:poss |
| 8 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rang | nsubj |
| 9 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stood | advcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 rang | compound:prt |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 cry | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 man | nummod |
| 13 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cry | nmod:poss |
| 14 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 13 man | case |
| 15 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rang | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 flew | punct |
| 17 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 18 one | case |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 flew | obl |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 javelins | nmod:poss |
| 20 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 javelins | nummod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 twenty | cc |
| 22 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 seven | conj |
| 23 | javelins | javelin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 flew | nsubj |
| 24 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 flew | punct |
| 26 | As | as | ADP | _ | 27 swift | case |
| 27 | swift | swift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 flew | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 caught | punct |
| 29 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 caught | nsubj |
| 30 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 flew | conj |
| 31 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 caught | obj |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 shield | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 shield | nmod:poss |
| 34 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 caught | obl |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 instant | punct |
| 36 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 instant | det |
| 37 | instant | instant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 shield | conj |
| 38 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 30 caught | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 accursed | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 accursed | cc |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 horde | det:predet |
| 42 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 horde | det |
| 43 | horde | horde | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 accursed | nsubj |
| 44 | accursed | accurs | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 flew | conj |
| 45 | Was | Be | PROPN | Number=Plur | 46 dealing | nsubj |
| 46 | dealing | deal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 accursed | ccomp |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 him | case |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 dealing | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 flew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | faint | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ring out | past | wounds's cry | like one man's cry; once property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fly | past | wounds's seven javelins | like one; as swift | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | catch | past | Cuchullain | javelins = javelin | CUCHULLAIN's shield and a instant | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 5 | accurs | past | all horde | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | deal | gerund | Was | with CUCHULLAIN | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with he=Theme | ||||
| 7 | cry | wounds = wound | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | cry | one man | nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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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