The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 168

Well they knew, Both warriors, that the fortunes of that day Must end the conflict; that for one, or both, The sun that hour ascending shone his last: Therefore all strength of onset till that hour By either loosed or hoarded, craft of fight Reined in one moment but to spring the next Forward in might more terrible, compared With that last battle was a trivial thing; Whilst every weapon, javelin, spear, or sword, Lawful alike that day, scattered abroad Huge flakes of dinted mail; from every wound Bounded the life-blood of a heart athirst For victory or for death.

Who acts: weapons, fortunes, both, last battle · What happens: know, end, sun, ascend, shine, loose · To what, where: warriors, conflict, sun, craft, next Forward, terrible

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 (weapons, fortunes, both, last battle), 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	Well	well	INTJ	_	3 knew	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 warriors	punct
5	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 warriors	det
6	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 knew	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 end	punct
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 end	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fortunes	det
10	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 end	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fortunes	nmod
14	Must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 end	aux
15	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 knew	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 conflict	det
17	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 end	obj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 that	punct
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 knew	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 one	case
21	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 knew	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 sun	punct
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	27 sun	cc
24	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	27 sun	nsubj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 sun	punct
26	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 sun	det
27	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	parataxis
28	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 shone	obj
29	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 ascending	compound
30	ascending	ascend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 shone	nsubj
31	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 sun	acl:relcl
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 last	nmod:poss
33	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 shone	obj
34	:	:	PUNCT	_	37 strength	punct
35	Therefore	therefore	ADV	_	37 strength	advmod
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	37 strength	det
37	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 shone	parataxis
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 onset	case
39	onset	onset	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 strength	nmod
40	till	till	ADP	_	42 hour	case
41	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	42 hour	det
42	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 onset	nmod
43	By	by	SCONJ	_	45 loosed	mark
44	either	either	CCONJ	_	45 loosed	cc:preconj
45	loosed	loose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 strength	advcl
46	or	or	CCONJ	_	47 hoarded	cc
47	hoarded	hoard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 loosed	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 craft	punct
49	craft	craft	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 strength	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 fight	case
51	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 craft	nmod
52	Reined	rein	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 craft	acl
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 moment	case
54	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	55 moment	nummod
55	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 Reined	obl
56	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 spring	cc
57	to	to	PART	_	58 spring	mark
58	spring	spring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 Reined	conj
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 Forward	det
60	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 Forward	amod
61	Forward	Forward	PROPN	_	58 spring	obj
62	in	in	ADP	_	65 terrible	case
63	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 terrible	aux
64	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	65 terrible	advmod
65	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 spring	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 compared	punct
67	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	65 terrible	conj
68	With	with	ADP	_	75 thing	case
69	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	71 battle	det
70	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 battle	amod
71	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 thing	nsubj
72	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 thing	cop
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 thing	det
74	trivial	trivial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 thing	amod
75	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 compared	obl
76	;	;	PUNCT	_	79 weapon	punct
77	Whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	79 weapon	case
78	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	79 weapon	det
79	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 spring	obl
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 javelin	punct
81	javelin	javelin	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 weapon	appos
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 spear	punct
83	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 weapon	appos
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 sword	punct
85	or	or	CCONJ	_	86 sword	cc
86	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 weapon	conj
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 Lawful	punct
88	Lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 sword	amod
89	alike	alike	ADP	_	91 day	case
90	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	91 day	det
91	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 Lawful	obl
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 scattered	punct
93	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	88 Lawful	conj
94	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	95 Huge	advmod
95	Huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	96 flakes	amod
96	flakes	flake	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 scattered	obj
97	of	of	ADP	_	99 mail	case
98	dinted	dint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	99 mail	amod
99	mail	mail	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 flakes	nmod
100	;	;	PUNCT	_	104 Bounded	punct
101	from	from	ADP	_	103 wound	case
102	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	103 wound	det
103	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 Bounded	obl
104	Bounded	bound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knew	conj
105	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	108 blood	det
106	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 blood	compound
107	-	-	PUNCT	_	106 life	punct
108	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 Bounded	obj
109	of	of	ADP	_	112 athirst	case
110	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	112 athirst	det
111	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	112 athirst	compound
112	athirst	athirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 blood	nmod
113	For	for	ADP	_	114 victory	case
114	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	112 athirst	nmod
115	or	or	CCONJ	_	117 death	cc
116	for	for	ADP	_	117 death	case
117	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	112 athirst	conj
118	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	weapons = weapon	both warriors			for one; that obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	end	must	the fortunes of that day	the conflict				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality conflict=Eventuality
3	sun		both					tree rules
4	ascend	gerund						vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	shine	past		the sun			all strength of onset till that hour and craft of fight parataxis	tree rules
6	loose	participle						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
7	hoard	participle						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	rein	participle		craft of fight not said here		moment		tree rules
9	spring	to-infinitive		the next Forward	terrible		whilst every weapon or sword	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location forward=Theme
10	compare	participle						vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
11	is	past	that last battle				with a trivial thing	tree rules
12	scatter	participle		Huge flakes of dinted mail				vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flake=Theme
13	dint	participle						tree rules
14	bound	participle	weapons = weapon not said here	the life blood of a heart athirst for victory or death	every wound			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location blood=Theme
15	craft			fight				nom craft «act transitive»: of=patient

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 168