The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 138
Slowly drew The warriors near; and as they noted, each, The other bleeding, in its strength returned The friendship unextinct: round either’s neck That other wound his arms and kissed him thrice: That night their coursers in the self-same field Grazed, side by side: that night their charioteers With rushes gathered from the self-same stream Made smooth their masters’ beds, then sat themselves By the same fire.
Who acts: warriors, strength, other, self same stream, night coursers · What happens: draw, note, return, woun, kiss, graze · To what, where: warriors, each, friendship, arms, strength, self same field
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 (warriors, strength, other, self same stream), 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 | Slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 2 drew | advmod |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 warriors | det |
| 4 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drew | obj |
| 5 | near | near | ADV | _ | 4 warriors | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 noted | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 noted | cc |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 noted | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 noted | nsubj |
| 10 | noted | note | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 each | punct |
| 12 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 noted | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bleeding | punct |
| 14 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bleeding | det |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 bleeding | amod |
| 16 | bleeding | bleeding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 noted | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 returned | punct |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 strength | case |
| 19 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 strength | nmod:poss |
| 20 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 returned | nsubj |
| 21 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 noted | conj |
| 22 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 friendship | det |
| 23 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 returned | obj |
| 24 | unextinct | unextinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 returned | xcomp |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 round | punct |
| 26 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 wound | advcl |
| 27 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 29 neck | cc:preconj |
| 28 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 27 either | case |
| 29 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 round | obl |
| 30 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 other | det |
| 31 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 wound | nsubj |
| 32 | wound | woun | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 arms | nmod:poss |
| 34 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 wound | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 kissed | cc |
| 36 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 kissed | obj |
| 38 | thrice | thrice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 kissed | xcomp |
| 39 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 43 coursers | punct |
| 40 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 night | det |
| 41 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 coursers | compound |
| 42 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 coursers | nmod:poss |
| 43 | coursers | courser | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 sat | nsubj |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 field | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 field | det |
| 46 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 field | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 self | punct |
| 48 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 field | amod |
| 49 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 coursers | nmod |
| 50 | Grazed | graze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 field | acl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 side | punct |
| 52 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 coursers | conj |
| 53 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 side | case |
| 54 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 side | nmod |
| 55 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 59 charioteers | punct |
| 56 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 57 night | det |
| 57 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 charioteers | compound |
| 58 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 charioteers | nmod:poss |
| 59 | charioteers | charioteer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 coursers | conj |
| 60 | With | with | ADP | _ | 61 rushes | case |
| 61 | rushes | rush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 charioteers | nmod |
| 62 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 59 charioteers | acl |
| 63 | from | from | ADP | _ | 68 stream | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 stream | det |
| 65 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 stream | compound |
| 66 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 65 self | punct |
| 67 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 stream | amod |
| 68 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 gathered | obl |
| 69 | Made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 68 stream | acl |
| 70 | smooth | smooth | DET | PronType=Tot | 74 beds | det:predet |
| 71 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 masters | nmod:poss |
| 72 | masters | master | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 beds | nmod:poss |
| 73 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 72 masters | case |
| 74 | beds | bed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 Made | obl |
| 75 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 sat | punct |
| 76 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 77 sat | advmod |
| 77 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | parataxis |
| 78 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 77 sat | obj |
| 79 | By | by | ADP | _ | 82 fire | case |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 82 fire | det |
| 81 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 82 fire | amod |
| 82 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 sat | obl |
| 83 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | the warriors | slowly property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme | ||||
| 2 | note | past | warriors = warrior | each | the other bleeding obl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | return | past | bleeding's strength | the friendship | unextinct property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme | |||
| 4 | woun | past | that other | strength's arms | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | kiss | past | strength | thrice property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 6 | graze | participle | the self same field not said here | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | gather | participle | warriors's night charioteers with rushes not said here | the self same stream | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from stream=Source | ||||
| 8 | make | participle | the self same stream not said here | warriors's masters's beds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 9 | sit | past | warriors's night coursers in the self same field and side by side and warriors's night charioteers with rushes | warriors = warrior | then | by the same fire | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme by fire=Location |
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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