The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 12, sentence 98
O’er it at last up-towered On-borne, such power to blend have Spirits impure, A single Form--as when o’er seas storm-laid The watery column reels, and draws from heaven The cloud, and drowns the ship--a single Form, And Head, and Hand, clutching Cuchullain’s crest: Not wholly sank he.
Who acts: storm, Hand, crest · What happens: tower, bear, blend, have, lay, draw · To what, where: single Form, such power, Spirits, watery column reels, cloud, heaven
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 (storm, Hand, crest), 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 | O’er | O'er | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 last | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 O’er | appos |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 last | case |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 towered | mark |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 7 | towered | tower | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 last | ccomp |
| 8 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 10 borne | mark |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 On | punct |
| 10 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 towered | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 power | punct |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 power | amod |
| 13 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 borne | obl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 blend | mark |
| 15 | blend | blend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 power | acl |
| 16 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 blend | xcomp |
| 17 | Spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 have | obj |
| 18 | impure | impure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 have | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Form | punct |
| 20 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 Form | det |
| 21 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 Form | amod |
| 22 | Form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 towered | obl |
| 23 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 25 when | punct |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 when | mark |
| 25 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 towered | parataxis |
| 26 | o’er | o'er | X | Foreign=Yes | 25 when | advcl:relcl |
| 27 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 o’er | appos |
| 28 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 laid | nsubj |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 storm | punct |
| 30 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 seas | acl:relcl |
| 31 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 reels | det |
| 32 | watery | watery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 reels | amod |
| 33 | column | column | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 reels | compound |
| 34 | reels | reel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 laid | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 draws | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 draws | cc |
| 37 | draws | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 laid | conj |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 39 heaven | case |
| 39 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 draws | obl |
| 40 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 cloud | det |
| 41 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 draws | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 drowns | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 drowns | cc |
| 44 | drowns | drown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 draws | conj |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 ship | det |
| 46 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 drowns | obj |
| 47 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 50 Form | punct |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 Form | det |
| 49 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 Form | amod |
| 50 | Form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 ship | appos |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 Head | punct |
| 52 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 Head | cc |
| 53 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 drowns | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 clutching | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 clutching | cc |
| 56 | Hand | Hand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 clutching | nsubj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 clutching | punct |
| 58 | clutching | clutch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 draws | advcl |
| 59 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 crest | nmod:poss |
| 60 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 59 Cuchullain | case |
| 61 | crest | crest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 clutching | obj |
| 62 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 65 sank | punct |
| 63 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 65 sank | advmod |
| 64 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 65 sank | advmod |
| 65 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 crest | acl:relcl |
| 66 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 sank | obj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 last | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tower | participle | a single Form | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | bear | participle | such power | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | blend | to-infinitive | such power not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | have | infinitive | Spirits | impure property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient | ||||
| 5 | lay | past | storm | the watery column reels | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reel=Result | ||||
| 6 | draw | present | storm not said here | the cloud | heaven | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme from heaven=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | drown | present | storm not said here | the ship | Head obl | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient | |||
| 8 | clutch | gerund | Hand | Cuchullain's crest | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crest=Theme | ||||
| 9 | not sink | past | Cuchullain's crest not said here | storm | wholly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: 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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