The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 12
Ferdīa is the mightiest of our host: Ferdīa is Cuchullain’s chief of friends: Westward of Alba in the Isle of Skye Scatha, that rock-browed northern warrioress, In amplest lore of battles trained them both: Except the Gae-Bulg, every feat of arms Is known to each alike.’
Who acts: Ferdīa, that, chief · What happens: be, brow, warrioress, train, know · To what, where: chief, battles, Except
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ferdīa, that, chief), 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 | Ferdīa | Ferdīa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mightiest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mightiest | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mightiest | det |
| 4 | mightiest | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 39 trained | parataxis |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 host | case |
| 6 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 host | nmod:poss |
| 7 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mightiest | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 chief | punct |
| 9 | Ferdīa | Ferdīa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 chief | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 chief | cop |
| 11 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 chief | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 11 Cuchullain | case |
| 13 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 trained | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 friends | case |
| 15 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 chief | nmod |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 Westward | punct |
| 17 | Westward | Westward | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 chief | appos |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Alba | case |
| 19 | Alba | Alba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Westward | nmod |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 Isle | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Isle | det |
| 22 | Isle | Isle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Westward | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Skye | case |
| 24 | Skye | Skye | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Isle | nmod |
| 25 | Scatha | Scatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Skye | flat |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 warrioress | punct |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 warrioress | nsubj |
| 28 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 browed | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 rock | punct |
| 30 | browed | brow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 warrioress | amod |
| 31 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 warrioress | amod |
| 32 | warrioress | warrioress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Westward | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 lore | punct |
| 34 | In | in | ADP | _ | 35 amplest | case |
| 35 | amplest | ample | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 36 lore | amod |
| 36 | lore | lore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 chief | conj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 battles | case |
| 38 | battles | battle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 lore | nmod |
| 39 | trained | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 40 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 trained | obj |
| 41 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 trained | obj |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 43 Except | punct |
| 43 | Except | Except | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 known | nsubj:pass |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Bulg | det |
| 45 | Gae | Gae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Bulg | compound |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 Gae | punct |
| 47 | Bulg | Bulg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Except | appos |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 feat | punct |
| 49 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 feat | det |
| 50 | feat | feat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 Except | appos |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 arms | case |
| 52 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 feat | nmod |
| 53 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 known | aux:pass |
| 54 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 trained | parataxis |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 each | case |
| 56 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 54 known | obl |
| 57 | alike | alike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 each | fixed |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 trained | punct |
| 59 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 39 trained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ferdīa | of our host; mighty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Ferdīa | Cuchullain's chief and amplest lore of battles | of friends; Cuchullain nmod:poss; Westward of Alba in the Isle of Skye and browed northern warrioress appos; amplest lore of battles conj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | brow | participle | rock compound | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | warrioress | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | train | past | Cuchullain's chief and amplest lore of battles | battles = battle | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | know | present · passive | Except | to each | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
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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