The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 144
With laughing lip Not less that eve Cuchullain sang the stave That chides in war ‘Fomorian obstinacy:’ Again at eve drew near they, slower now For pain, and interwove fraternal arms: Again their coursers in the self-same field Grazed side by side, and from the self-same stream Again their charioteers the rushes culled: Again they shared alike both meats and drinks, Again those herbs allaying, o’er their wounds With incantations laid.
Who acts: eve, stave, self same field, charioteers, arms, herbs · What happens: laugh, sing, chide, draw, interweave, graze · To what, where: stave, war, eve, fraternal arms, side, same stream
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 (eve, stave, self same field, charioteers), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 lip | case |
| 2 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 lip | amod |
| 3 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sang | obl |
| 4 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 less | advmod |
| 5 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 lip | advmod |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 eve | det |
| 7 | eve | eve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sang | nsubj |
| 8 | Cuchullain | Cuchullain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 eve | appos |
| 9 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 stave | det |
| 11 | stave | stave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sang | obj |
| 12 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 chides | nsubj |
| 13 | chides | chide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 stave | acl:relcl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 war | case |
| 15 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 chides | obl |
| 16 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 obstinacy | punct |
| 17 | Fomorian | fomorian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 obstinacy | compound |
| 18 | obstinacy | obstinacy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 war | conj |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 drew | punct |
| 20 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 drew | punct |
| 21 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 24 drew | advmod |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 eve | case |
| 23 | eve | eve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 drew | obl |
| 24 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sang | conj |
| 25 | near | near | ADP | _ | 26 they | case |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 drew | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 slower | punct |
| 28 | slower | slow | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 24 drew | conj |
| 29 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 slower | advmod |
| 30 | For | for | ADP | _ | 31 pain | case |
| 31 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 slower | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 interwove | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 interwove | cc |
| 34 | interwove | interweave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sang | conj |
| 35 | fraternal | fraternal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 arms | amod |
| 36 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 interwove | obj |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 coursers | punct |
| 38 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 40 coursers | advmod |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 coursers | nmod:poss |
| 40 | coursers | courser | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 interwove | obl |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 field | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 field | det |
| 43 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 field | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 self | punct |
| 45 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 field | amod |
| 46 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 coursers | nmod |
| 47 | Grazed | graze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 field | acl |
| 48 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Grazed | obl:unmarked |
| 49 | by | by | ADP | _ | 50 side | case |
| 50 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 side | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 stream | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 stream | cc |
| 53 | from | from | ADP | _ | 58 stream | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 stream | det |
| 55 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 same | compound |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 self | punct |
| 57 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 stream | amod |
| 58 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 coursers | appos |
| 59 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 58 stream | advmod |
| 60 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 charioteers | nmod:poss |
| 61 | charioteers | charioteer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 culled | nsubj |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 rushes | det |
| 63 | rushes | rush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 charioteers | conj |
| 64 | culled | cull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 stream | acl:relcl |
| 65 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 68 shared | punct |
| 66 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 68 shared | advmod |
| 67 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 shared | nsubj |
| 68 | shared | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sang | conj |
| 69 | alike | alike | ADP | _ | 71 meats | case |
| 70 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 71 meats | det |
| 71 | meats | meat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 shared | obl |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 drinks | cc |
| 73 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 meats | conj |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 herbs | punct |
| 75 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 77 herbs | advmod |
| 76 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 77 herbs | det |
| 77 | herbs | herb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 meats | conj |
| 78 | allaying | allay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 77 herbs | acl |
| 79 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 82 wounds | punct |
| 80 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 82 wounds | case |
| 81 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 82 wounds | nmod:poss |
| 82 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 shared | obl |
| 83 | With | with | ADP | _ | 84 incantations | case |
| 84 | incantations | incantation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 82 wounds | nmod |
| 85 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 84 incantations | acl |
| 86 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sang | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | past | that eve | the stave | with laughing lip | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stave=Theme | |||
| 3 | chide | present | the stave | the stave not said here | war and Fomorian obstinacy | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stave=Theme | |||
| 4 | draw | past | that eve not said here | eve | again | near wars = war | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||
| 5 | interweave | past | that eve not said here | fraternal arms | arms's coursers in the self same field obl | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | |||
| 6 | graze | participle | the self same field not said here | side by side | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | cull | participle | arms's charioteers and the rushes | the same stream not said here | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Source | ||||
| 8 | share | past | arms = arm | again | alike both meats and drinks and that herbs; o'er arms's wounds with incantations | tree rules | |||
| 9 | allay | gerund | that herbs not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | lay | participle | incantations not said here | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | wound | arms = arm | with incantations | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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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