The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 139
Of every healing herb That lulled his wounds Cuchullain sent the half To staunch Ferdīa’s; while to him in turn Ferdīa sent whate’er of meats or drinks Held strengthening power or cordial, to allay Distempered nerve or nimble spirit infuse, In equal portions shared.
Who acts: That, Cuchullain, Distempered nerve, strength · What happens: lull, send, staunch, hold, strengthen, allay · To what, where: wounds, half, Ferdīa, whate’er, strength, meats
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 (That, Cuchullain, Distempered nerve, strength), 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 4 herb | case |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 herb | det |
| 3 | healing | healing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 herb | compound |
| 4 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lulled | obl |
| 5 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 lulled | nsubj |
| 6 | lulled | lull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 wounds | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lulled | obj |
| 9 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | nsubj |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wounds | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 half | det |
| 12 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 10 sent | obj |
| 13 | To | to | PART | _ | 14 staunch | mark |
| 14 | staunch | staunch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 half | acl |
| 15 | Ferdīa | Ferdīa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 staunch | obj |
| 16 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 15 Ferdīa | case |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 sent | punct |
| 18 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 24 sent | mark |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 sent | obl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 turn | case |
| 22 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 him | nmod |
| 23 | Ferdīa | Ferdīa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 turn | appos |
| 24 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lulled | conj |
| 25 | whate’er | whate'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sent | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 meats | case |
| 27 | meats | meat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 whate’er | nmod |
| 28 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 drinks | cc |
| 29 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 meats | conj |
| 30 | Held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 meats | acl |
| 31 | strengthening | strengthen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 Held | advcl |
| 32 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 strengthening | obj |
| 33 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 34 cordial | cc |
| 34 | cordial | cordial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 power | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 allay | punct |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 allay | mark |
| 37 | allay | allay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 lulled | conj |
| 38 | Distempered | distemper | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 nerve | amod |
| 39 | nerve | nerve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 infuse | nsubj |
| 40 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 42 spirit | cc |
| 41 | nimble | nimble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 spirit | amod |
| 42 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 nerve | conj |
| 43 | infuse | infuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 allay | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 portions | punct |
| 45 | In | in | ADP | _ | 47 portions | case |
| 46 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 portions | amod |
| 47 | portions | portion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 infuse | obl |
| 48 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 portions | acl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lulled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lull | past | That | strength's wounds | of every healing herb | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wound=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | send | past | Cuchullain | the half | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme | ||||
| 3 | staunch | to-infinitive | Cuchullain not said here | Ferdīa | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | send | past | That not said here | whate’er of meats or drinks | strength | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whate'er=Theme to he=Destination | |||
| 5 | hold | participle | meats or drinks not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | strengthen | gerund | power | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent power=Patient | |||||
| 7 | allay | to-infinitive | That not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | distemper | participle | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | infuse | present | Distempered nerve or nimble spirit | equal portions | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | share | participle | equal portions not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | wound | strength | nom wound «state transitive»: 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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