The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 134
Long that fight endured: Three times exhausted sank their hands: three times They sat on rocks for respite, each the other Eyeing askance, not silent; ‘Lo the man Who shields an ox-like or a swine-like race That strikes no blow itself!’ or thus; ‘Ah pledge Of amity eterne in old time sworn!
Who acts: fight, Three times, dropp, each, man, like like race · What happens: endure, exhaust, sink, sit, eye, shield · To what, where: Three times, hands, rocks, like like race, blow, amity eterne
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 (fight, Three times, dropp, each), 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 | Long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 endured | advmod |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 fight | det |
| 3 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 endured | nsubj |
| 4 | endured | endure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 sank | punct |
| 6 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 times | nummod |
| 7 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sank | nsubj |
| 8 | exhausted | exhaust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 times | acl |
| 9 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 endured | advcl |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 hands | nmod:poss |
| 11 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sank | obj |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 sat | punct |
| 13 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 times | nummod |
| 14 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 sat | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sat | nsubj |
| 16 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 endured | conj |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 rocks | case |
| 18 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 sat | obl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 respite | case |
| 20 | respite | respite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sat | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Eyeing | punct |
| 22 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 Eyeing | nsubj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 other | det |
| 24 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Eyeing | nsubj |
| 25 | Eyeing | eye | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 sat | advcl |
| 26 | askance | askance | ADV | _ | 25 Eyeing | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 silent | punct |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 silent | advmod |
| 29 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Eyeing | parataxis |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 Lo | punct |
| 31 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 Lo | punct |
| 32 | Lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 4 endured | discourse |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 man | det |
| 34 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Lo | appos |
| 35 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 shields | nsubj |
| 36 | shields | shield | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 man | acl:relcl |
| 37 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 race | det |
| 38 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 like | compound |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 like | punct |
| 40 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 race | amod |
| 41 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 46 race | cc |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 race | det |
| 43 | swine | swine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 like | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 swine | punct |
| 45 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 race | amod |
| 46 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 shields | obj |
| 47 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 48 strikes | nsubj |
| 48 | strikes | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 race | acl:relcl |
| 49 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 50 blow | det |
| 50 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 strikes | obj |
| 51 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 50 blow | nmod:unmarked |
| 52 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 50 blow | punct |
| 53 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 50 blow | punct |
| 54 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 55 thus | cc |
| 55 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 50 blow | conj |
| 56 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 sworn | punct |
| 57 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 59 pledge | punct |
| 58 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 59 pledge | discourse |
| 59 | pledge | pledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 sworn | nsubj |
| 60 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 62 eterne | case |
| 61 | amity | amity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 eterne | compound |
| 62 | eterne | eterne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 pledge | nmod |
| 63 | in | in | ADP | _ | 65 time | case |
| 64 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 time | amod |
| 65 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 eterne | nmod |
| 66 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 shields | conj |
| 67 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 endured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | endure | past | that fight | long property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | exhaust | participle | Three times not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | sink | past | Three times | dropp's hands | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ||||
| 4 | sit | past | dropp | rocks | time | for respite | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location | ||
| 5 | eye | gerund | each | askance property | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | shield | present | the man | a like like race | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | strike | present | a like like race | no blow fight | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient | ||||
| 8 | swear | participle | pledge of amity eterne in old time | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | pledge | amity eterne in old time | nom pledge «possession transitive»: of=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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