The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 165

On his head He fixed his helm, and on his arm his shield Sable as night, with fifty bosses bound, All brass; the midmost like a noontide sun. Cuchullain eyed him as he neared the Ford, And spake to Leagh; ‘This day, if slack of hand Thou notest me, or wearied, hurl, as wont, Sharp storm of arrowy railing from thy lips That so the battle-anger from on high May flame on me.’

Who acts: Red, midmost, slack, arrowy railing · What happens: fix, bind, eye, near, note, weary · To what, where: helm, head, fifty bosses, Red, Ford, me

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 (Red, midmost, slack, arrowy railing), 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 head	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 head	nmod:poss
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fixed	obl
4	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fixed	nsubj
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 helm	nmod:poss
7	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fixed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Sable	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Sable	cc
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 arm	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arm	nmod:poss
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Sable	obl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 shield	nmod:poss
14	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Sable	nsubj
15	Sable	sable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fixed	conj
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 night	case
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Sable	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bosses	punct
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 bosses	case
20	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 bosses	nummod
21	bosses	boss	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 Sable	conj
22	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 bosses	acl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 brass	punct
24	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 brass	det
25	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bosses	conj
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 eyed	punct
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 midmost	det
28	midmost	midmost	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 eyed	nsubj
29	like	like	ADP	_	31 noontide	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 noontide	det
31	noontide	noontide	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 midmost	nmod
32	sun.	sun.	PUNCT	_	33 Cuchullain	punct
33	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 noontide	appos
34	eyed	eye	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fixed	conj
35	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 eyed	obj
36	as	as	SCONJ	_	38 neared	mark
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 neared	nsubj
38	neared	near	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 eyed	advcl
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 Ford	det
40	Ford	Ford	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 neared	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 spake	punct
42	And	and	CCONJ	_	43 spake	cc
43	spake	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 eyed	obl
44	to	to	ADP	_	45 Leagh	case
45	Leagh	Leagh	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 spake	nmod
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 day	punct
47	‘	'	PUNCT	_	49 day	punct
48	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 day	det
49	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 eyed	obl:unmarked
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 notest	punct
51	if	if	SCONJ	_	56 notest	mark
52	slack	slack	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 notest	nsubj
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 hand	case
54	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 slack	nmod
55	Thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	56 notest	nsubj
56	notest	note	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 eyed	parataxis
57	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 notest	obj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 wearied	punct
59	or	or	CCONJ	_	60 wearied	cc
60	wearied	weary	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 notest	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 hurl	punct
62	hurl	hurl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 wearied	xcomp
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 storm	punct
64	as	as	ADP	_	68 storm	case
65	wont	wont	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 storm	amod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 wont	punct
67	Sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 storm	amod
68	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 hurl	obl
69	of	of	ADP	_	71 railing	case
70	arrowy	arrowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 railing	amod
71	railing	railing	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 storm	nmod
72	from	from	ADP	_	74 lips	case
73	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	74 lips	nmod:poss
74	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 railing	nmod
75	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	62 hurl	obj
76	so	so	SCONJ	_	80 anger	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 anger	det
78	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 anger	compound
79	-	-	PUNCT	_	78 battle	punct
80	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 hurl	obl
81	from	from	ADP	_	85 flame	case
82	on	on	ADP	_	85 flame	case
83	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 flame	amod
84	May	May	PROPN	Number=Sing	85 flame	compound
85	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 anger	nmod
86	on	on	ADP	_	87 me	case
87	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	85 flame	nmod
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fixed	punct
89	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 fixed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past	Red	Red's helm	Red's head			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent helm=Patient
2	bind	participle		fifty bosses and all brass not said here				vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	eye	past	the midmost like a noontide	Red		day	spake to Leagh obl	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
4	near	past	Red	the Ford				tree rules
5	note a condition, not said to happen	present	slack of hand	me			Thou nsubj	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent i=Topic
6	weary	participle	slack of hand not said here					tree rules
7	hurl	infinitive	slack of hand not said here	That			as wont Sharp storm of arrowy railing from thy lips; so the battle anger from high May flame on me	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
8	storm		arrowy railing from thy lips					nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 165