The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 157
Ere morn the Firbolg drank the strength of dreams Picturing his race’s wrong; and trumpet blasts Went o’er him blown from fields of ancient wars: And thus he mused, half-wakened; ‘Not for Meave; Not for the popular suffrage; not for her That maid who fain had held me from the snare, Fight I that fight whose end shall crown this day: O race beloved, this day your vengeance dawns Red in the East!
Who acts: Ere morn, dreams, blasts, morn, That, I · What happens: drink, picture, trumpet, go, blow, muse · To what, where: race, me, snare, Red, East
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 (Ere morn, dreams, blasts, morn), 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 | Ere | Ere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 morn | compound |
| 2 | morn | morn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drank | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Firbolg | det |
| 4 | Firbolg | Firbolg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 drank | nsubj |
| 5 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 strength | det |
| 7 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ’s | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 dreams | case |
| 9 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 strength | nmod |
| 10 | Picturing | picture | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 dreams | acl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 race | nmod:poss |
| 12 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Picturing | obj |
| 13 | ’s | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 drank | conj |
| 14 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 ’s | xcomp |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 trumpet | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 trumpet | cc |
| 17 | trumpet | trumpet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 drank | conj |
| 18 | blasts | blast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 Went | nsubj |
| 19 | Went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 trumpet | ccomp |
| 20 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 Went | obl |
| 22 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 Went | xcomp |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 fields | case |
| 24 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 blown | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 wars | case |
| 26 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 wars | amod |
| 27 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 fields | nmod |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 mused | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 mused | cc |
| 30 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 32 mused | advmod |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 mused | nsubj |
| 32 | mused | muse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 Went | parataxis |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 wakened | punct |
| 34 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 36 wakened | compound |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 half | punct |
| 36 | wakened | waken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 mused | conj |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 Meave | punct |
| 38 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 41 Meave | punct |
| 39 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 41 Meave | advmod |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 Meave | case |
| 41 | Meave | Meave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 trumpet | obl |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 suffrage | punct |
| 43 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 47 suffrage | advmod |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 47 suffrage | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 suffrage | det |
| 46 | popular | popular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 suffrage | amod |
| 47 | suffrage | suffrage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drank | obl |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 maid | punct |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 53 maid | advmod |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 her | case |
| 51 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 maid | obl |
| 52 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 maid | nsubj |
| 53 | maid | mai | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 drank | parataxis |
| 54 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 57 held | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | fain | fain | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 who | cop |
| 56 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 held | aux |
| 57 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 maid | ccomp |
| 58 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 held | obj |
| 59 | from | from | ADP | _ | 61 snare | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 snare | det |
| 61 | snare | snare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 held | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 Fight | punct |
| 63 | Fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 maid | conj |
| 64 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 fight | nsubj |
| 65 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 66 fight | nsubj |
| 66 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 Fight | ccomp |
| 67 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 68 end | nmod:poss |
| 68 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 crown | nsubj |
| 69 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 70 crown | aux |
| 70 | crown | crown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 fight | ccomp |
| 71 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 72 day | det |
| 72 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 crown | obl:unmarked |
| 73 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 76 beloved | punct |
| 74 | O | o | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 75 race | nmod:poss |
| 75 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 beloved | nsubj |
| 76 | beloved | belov | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 crown | parataxis |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 82 dawns | punct |
| 78 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 79 day | det |
| 79 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 82 dawns | obl:unmarked |
| 80 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 81 vengeance | nmod:poss |
| 81 | vengeance | vengeance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 82 dawns | nsubj |
| 82 | dawns | dawn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 76 beloved | conj |
| 83 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 82 dawns | obj |
| 84 | in | in | ADP | _ | 86 East | case |
| 85 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 86 East | det |
| 86 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 82 dawns | obl |
| 87 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 drank | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | past | Ere morn | for the popular suffrage; the Firbolg nsubj | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | picture | gerund | dreams not said here | strength's race | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent race=Theme | ||||
| 3 | trumpet | present | Ere morn not said here | for Meave | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for meave=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | go | past | blasts | o'er strength | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | blow | participle | blasts not said here | from fields of ancient wars | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from field=Co-Patient | ||||
| 6 | muse | past | morn | thus property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | waken | participle | morn not said here | half compound | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 8 | not mai | past | That | for Firbolg | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 10 | hold | past · perfect · passive | me | the snare | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme i=Eventuality | ||||
| 11 | fight | present | That not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 12 | fight | present | I | that nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 13 | crown | shall | end | day | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 14 | belov | past | O's race | tree rules | |||||
| 15 | dawn | present | your vengeance | Red | the East | day | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location red=Theme | ||
| 16 | race | strength | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 17 | race | O | nom race «event intransitive»: 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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/157/